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JAG Program Puts Hoosier Students on Paths to Success

The Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program is a state-based, national non-profit organization dedicated to helping high school students of promise who have experienced challenging or traumatic life experiences achieve success through graduation. JAG is a resiliency-building workforce program that helps students learn in-demand employability skills and provides a bridge to post-secondary education and career advancement opportunities. Currently there [...]

2024-02-29T12:01:57-05:00February 29th, 2024|

DWD: Apprenticeships Connect Youth With Career Options

Ryder Craig is a high school junior with a knack for information technology. Through a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)-registered apprenticeship, he hones his skills at RTC Communications upgrading computers, installing firewalls, troubleshooting and more. RTC is a rural communications cooperative in Montgomery (a community of approximately 800 in southern Indiana) that serves Daviess, Lawrence and Martin counties. Products [...]

2024-02-29T11:54:31-05:00February 15th, 2024|

DWD Success Story: Kirby Risk and Adult Education

In 2023, Kirby Risk representatives collaborated with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development Business Services team to extend job opportunities to Spanish-speaking Hoosiers. They sought to enhance success on the job by providing English learning. The employer was linked to DWD's adult education team and, subsequently, LARA Lafayette Adult Resource Academy. With DWD funding, 10 workers completed English learning [...]

2024-01-30T09:42:05-05:00January 30th, 2024|

Indiana Department of Workforce Development Offers Trade Adjustment Assistance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jKPLTwR6Y As part of her job loss, Jenny was eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits, learned more about them by meeting with a TAA staff member at the Anderson WorkOne office, and decided to participate in the program. “I was assigned a case worker and once a month I would go to her office,” she said. Jenny discovered [...]

2024-01-04T09:34:07-05:00January 4th, 2024|

JAG Program Gives Boost to Indiana’s Workforce

The Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program is a state-based, national non-profit organization dedicated to helping high school students of promise who have experienced challenging or traumatic life experiences achieve success through graduation. JAG is a resiliency-building workforce program that helps students learn in-demand employability skills and provides a bridge to post-secondary education and career advancement opportunities. Currently there [...]

2024-01-30T09:56:07-05:00December 12th, 2023|

Regional Workforce Offices Keep Businesses Humming, People Employed

While the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is headquartered in Indianapolis, there is an entire army of workforce specialists stationed throughout the state aiming to make sure employers have the skilled manpower they require to continue to thrive and help Hoosier workers attain the education and training needed to fill jobs in their regions. The 12 workforce regional [...]

2023-11-21T12:58:28-05:00November 21st, 2023|

Your Company Could Be Eligible to Receive $5,000 Per Employee

More than one million jobs must be filled in Indiana over the next 10 years. To help Hoosier employers fill them, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development has created Next Level Jobs, an Employer Training Grant (ETG). This program reimburses employers that train, hire and retain new or incumbent workers to fill in-demand positions within recognized job fields in six [...]

2023-11-01T13:33:24-04:00November 1st, 2023|

Indiana DWD Introduces Premier AG Ivy Tech Simulator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdfyZuT_R8 The Indiana Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship introduces Ivy Tech Community College's cutting-edge training program designed for Premier Companies Spray System Operators, certified by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development as a State Earn and Learn! For more information about this incredible opportunity, reach out to Ryan Priest at Premier Companies marketing@premierag.com.

2023-10-12T09:02:54-04:00October 12th, 2023|

Future of Indiana’s Workforce Summit to Address Talent Pipeline

(INDIANAPOLIS) — Without a robust workforce, businesses will become hesitant to expand and relocate in Indiana – despite all the gains made in building the state’s economic climate. That’s why strong public programs and leadership from the private sector are essential for creating a highly skilled workforce. To support these efforts, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s two-day Future of [...]

2023-09-18T12:31:04-04:00September 18th, 2023|

DWD: Grant Funding Available to Become an Adult Education Provider

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development will host 12 regional town hall meetings across Indiana in the coming weeks to inform instructional providers about a funding opportunity to serve Hoosiers communities through Adult Education. Each session will be led by DWD adult education team members and will include an overview of the grant application process, including: what funds are [...]

2023-10-17T15:06:00-04:00September 12th, 2023|