An Indiana bill that would have the state arrange for a staffing agency to employ high school apprentices passed the House and is on the way to the Senate.

More people need training for good jobs – not jobs that pay above the poverty line, jobs where they can save money and afford health care. In Indiana, only around 40 percent of workers are in those jobs.

The funds are part of the Neighborhood Builders initiative, a project advancing economic mobility across the U.S.

Employers across Indianapolis struggle to meet hiring needs, even if they offer higher wages because not enough workers have the credentials needed to land these good jobs.

For nearly a decade, EARN Indiana has subsidized up to half the costs for employers wanting to give internships to lower-income college students.

Gov. Eric Holcomb said workforce training is a key part of the states solution to helping Indiana companies fill an abundance of open jobs.

The Indiana General Assembly created the Career Accelerator Fund with $75 million of federal relief in the budget earlier this year.

The social enterprise employer broke ground on the new 100,000-square-foot building to allow the nonprofit to train, employ and connect services for more individuals.

The median pay for wind turbine workers in the U.S. last year was about $56,000 a year, for solar panel installers it was $46,000. But Hoosiers won’t be able to access these jobs without training.

CivicLab plans to select six to eight communities to coach through developing systems that help train lower-income workers for better jobs over the next two years.