The state's top business sector says 2017 reforms didn't go far enough to realign existing workforce spending and create incentives to attract new workers.

The Workforce Ready Grant and the Employer Training Grant targets Hoosiers who are unemployed or underemployed.

It's the next phase of the state's Skill UP program, which aims to help localize training efforts for an estimated million job openings in the next decade.

A new report shows more than a million jobs will open in the next decade, requiring specific training that many Hoosiers don't have.

Indiana lags in training enough workers to fill thousands of open manufacturing jobs - and some say reforms passed this year won't help fix that fast enough.

The research found that since the recession, it's been easier for Hoosiers with at least a bachelor's degree to find full-time work.

In a recent Chamber survey of employers, 45 percent of respondents report having unfilled positions due to a lack of qualified applicants.