{"id":14575,"date":"2024-11-19T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rmff.org\/?p=14575"},"modified":"2024-11-19T08:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T13:05:34","slug":"over-1-million-in-grants-to-start-building-new-apprenticeship-pathway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.rmff.wrhosting.net\/ko\/2024\/11\/over-1-million-in-grants-to-start-building-new-apprenticeship-pathway\/","title":{"rendered":"Over $1 million in grants to start building new apprenticeship pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over $1 million in grants to start building new apprenticeship pathway<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n
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Grants from the Fairbanks Foundation to fund formation of industry \u201ctalent associations\u201d as critical step for new pathway\u2019s goal of welcoming students as early as 2025-2026 school year<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n

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INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 19, 2024 \u2013 <\/strong>\u314f new professional education and training pathway<\/a> for Hoosiers rooted in a youth apprenticeship experience starting in high school is one step closer to reality. Today, the \ub9ac\ucc98\ub4dc M. \ud398\uc5b4\ubc45\ud06c\uc2a4 \uc7ac\ub2e8<\/strong> announced over $1 million in grants to fund the next steps of the CEMETS iLab Indiana strategic plan<\/a> to build a new path that could welcome students in at least one occupation as early as the 2025-2026 school year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n

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The Fairbanks Foundation is awarding grants to two Indiana organizations to launch industry \u201ctalent associations,<\/strong>\u201d which are organizations that enable employers within their industry to speak with one voice when it comes to their talent needs. The talent associations will work with employers to select occupations, identify the required knowledge, skills, and competencies, and collaborate with educators to develop education and training content.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n

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CEMETS iLab Indiana<\/a>, a coalition of more than 200 leaders representing a variety of sectors including business, K-12 education, higher education, and government, identified the creation of talent associations as the most critical priority of their strategic plan to build the new professional education and training pathway. The new pathways created by the talent associations will serve thousands of Hoosiers \u2013 including those who otherwise may not have opted to attend college or pursue training after high school \u2013 while also creating a new talent pipeline for employers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n

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\u201cThe need for this new way to access professional education and training is clear. By 2031, 72% of U.S. jobs<\/a> will require education beyond high school, but only 39% of Indiana adults<\/a> 25 or older have an associate degree or higher,\u201d said Claire Fiddian-Green, president & CEO of the Fairbanks Foundation and co-chair of CEMETS iLab Indiana. \u201cThe Fairbanks Foundation is proud to fund critical next steps in building an approach that prepares students for careers and addresses Indiana\u2019s workforce shortages.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n

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The first set of talent associations are within industries facing projected talent shortfalls that also have the strong support of industry executives. To fund the creation of talent associations in healthcare, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing and logistics, the Fairbanks Foundation has awarded two-year grants of up to $250,000 to the organizations identified by iLab members as best positioned to readily assume the talent association function:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n

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