VITALITY MAGAZINE

Eskenazi Health Foundation‘s Beyond Barriers campaign is designed to support Eskenazi Health’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of individuals living in Indianapolis. As a part of the initiative, Eskenazi Health launched a pilot program around three health equity zones located on the west side, east side, and northeast corridor. Health equity zones are geographic regions in […]

Catapult Indiana is a 160-hour paid training program that teaches participants about advanced manufacturing and logistics through classroom work and hands-on experience. An initiative of Conexus Indiana, Catapult gives students the skills they need to succeed in this fast-growing field.  To launch Catapult Indiana, the Fairbanks Foundation awarded two grants to Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) Foundation totaling more […]

New updates to the Education section of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation’s free data dashboard – which we call the Community Data Snapshot – allow users to view and compare data for individual schools and school corporations in Marion County, Indiana, and to view student outcomes by school type.

New data shows gaps in outcomes between Black and Hispanic students and their white peers have widened, due in large part to the pandemic. Our entire community must focus its attention on this worsening crisis and act with urgency to ensure all children, regardless of background, have an equal opportunity to receive a high-quality education.

Modern Apprenticeship is designed to prepare Marion County high school students for the workforce with paid, hands-on experience while also broadening the workforce pipeline by offering employers a way to meet current and future staffing needs.

BioCrossroads coordinates cross-sector engagement, data science, and research to advance Indiana’s life sciences industry and drive economic growth in Indianapolis.

Through audience engagement and high-quality reporting, WFYI raises community awareness and improves understanding of key public health and education issues and solutions in Central Indiana.