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Posted on November 10th, 2023 in Local News, Press Releases

INDIANAPOLIS – 13 November 2023 – Today, Mayor Joe Hogsett recognized the third annual “Apprenticeship Week” in Indianapolis. This week-long celebration, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Apprenticeship Week (NAW), will be celebrated by stakeholders who strive to promote both Registered and Youth Apprenticeships throughout Marion County.

“The City of Indianapolis and EmployIndy want to foster as many pathways as possible to the career, wage, and life that residents want,” said Mayor Hogsett. “Through apprenticeship programs, prospective employees can gain access to good-paying jobs, and industries can gain access to a motivated, local workforce.”

Apprenticeships are an industry-driven, high-quality career pathway where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, and a portable, nationally recognized credential. Youth Apprenticeships, in particular, provide young people with a model of success for introducing our future workforce to expanded career pathways.

High school students who complete the Modern Apprenticeship program, a 3-year youth apprenticeship program launched by EmployIndy and Ascend Indiana in 2020, can participate in hands-on work experience that complements their traditional coursework, in growing fields such as business, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, and information technology (IT). Afterward, they can pursue a college degree or enter directly into the workforce. Youth apprenticeships offer young people the rare opportunity to get paid to learn while multiplying their options after high school.

EmployIndy is also celebrating our commitment to strengthening and diversifying Registered Apprenticeship programs during this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. As one of more than 200 industry, labor, and community-based organizations– as well as educators, employers, and workforce intermediaries– among the inaugural cohort of the Biden-Harris administration’s Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative, EmployIndy will continue leveraging this designation and additional funding to scale innovative apprenticeship practices in Marion County and Central Indiana.

“EmployIndy is committed to the growth of apprenticeships in our region as a way to help strengthen our local economy, build pipelines to good quality jobs, and advance racial and gender equity,” said Marie Mackintosh, EmployIndy president and CEO. “Through our existing initiatives like Modern Apprenticeship, and future initiatives like the Regional Apprenticeship Hub, we’ll continue to make advancements in removing barriers to quality employment for underserved and underrepresented residents.”

As the workforce intermediary guiding apprenticeship expansion in non-traditional occupations in Marion County and the greater Indianapolis Region, EmployIndy is uniquely positioned to help local employers build, launch and scale their apprenticeship programs. To expand on this work, EmployIndy is partnering with AIR to launch the Regional Apprenticeship Hub. This hub will convene and coordinate the apprenticeship efforts of partners in the region, enabling an effective and collaborative apprenticeship ecosystem.

As employer demand for highly skilled talent continues to grow, establishing a system of career-connected learning that will create equitable opportunities for all Indianapolis students has become a necessity. This week, we celebrate the recent growth and impact of apprenticeships in Marion County while looking forward to the progress ahead.


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