Katapel Indiana ialah program latihan berbayar 160 jam yang mengajar peserta tentang pembuatan dan logistik lanjutan melalui kerja bilik darjah dan pengalaman praktikal. Satu inisiatif daripada Conexus Indiana, Catapult memberi pelajar kemahiran yang mereka perlukan untuk berjaya dalam bidang yang berkembang pesat ini. 

Untuk melancarkan Catapult Indiana, Yayasan Fairbanks dianugerahkan dua geran kepada Perkongsian Korporat Indiana Tengah (CICP) Yayasan berjumlah lebih daripada $750,000. Geran tersebut membenarkan Conexus Indiana untuk membangunkan model seluruh negeri untuk program ini dan untuk melaksanakan tapak Catapult di Marion County. Sehingga November 2023, 336 pelajar telah mengambil bahagian dalam Catapult di Marion County. Di seluruh negeri, 90% graduan program menerima sekurang-kurangnya satu tawaran pekerjaan dan melaporkan pertumbuhan gaji purata sebanyak 40%. 

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Coalition of Indiana leaders announces new path for Hoosiers to receive education and training

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Over $1 million in grants to start building new apprenticeship pathway

Today, the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation announced over $1 million in grants to fund the next steps of the CEMETS iLab Indiana strategic plan to build a new path that could welcome students in at least one occupation as early as the 2025-2026 school year.