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Youth Apprenticeship Program Hopes to Reach Hundreds of Students with New Funding
September 23, 2022
WFYI, Taylor Bennett: A Marion County program (Modern Youth Apprenticeship), to connect high school students with paid, on-the-job experience will receive $6 million for three years to continue its work. Ascend Indiana Vice President and co-founder, Stephanie Bothun said the goal with the new funding is to provide opportunities to 400 Marion County students over the next three years.
Ascend Indiana Receives $6M to Scale Youth Apprenticeships
September 23, 2022
Inside INdiana Business, Mary Roberts: Indianapolis-based workforce development initiative Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy have received $6 million from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. The partners say the grant funding will support growth of the Modern Youth Apprenticeship (MAP) program in Marion County. MAP is a three-year, work-based learning experience that starts in high school and offers paid employment, on-the-job training, related academics, and college credit.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Be Creative in Attacking Health Worker Shortage - Modern Apprenticeship (MAP)
September 23, 2022
Indianapolis Business Journal, Claire Fiddian-Green: As Indiana grapples with a severe health care workforce shortage, Modern Apprenticeship has recently launched a health care pathway aimed at closing this gap. Led by local not-for-profit intermediaries Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy, Modern Apprenticeship offers competitive pay, college credit, and a hands-on work experience for high schoolers in the Indianapolis area.
Report Finds Black Hoosiers Lack Access to Careers in Math and Science Field
September 23, 2022
WFYI, Sydney Dauphinais: Jason Kloth is the president of Ascend Indiana and an author on Business Equity for Indy’s report. Kloth says he believes that addressing this opportunity gap is an imperative part of closing racial wealth gaps that already exist.
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and initiative leaders named to IBJ 250 list of most influential business leaders in Indiana
July 21, 2022
The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) is announcing that its president and CEO and six of its talent and industry sector initiative leaders, including Jason Kloth, Ascend's president & CEO, have been named to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s prestigious list of the 250 most influential business leaders in Indiana.
Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy receive a $6 million grant to scale Modern Youth Apprenticeship for high school students in Central Indiana
June 28, 2022
Ascend and EmployIndy, Marion County’s workforce development board, have received $6 million for three years from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation to support the scaling of Modern Youth Apprenticeship (MAP) in Marion County. In addition, the grant will help to enhance the connection between employers and education providers to enable expansion of youth career pathways in the state.
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