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Invest Hamilton County expands InvestOnward initiative
Invest Hamilton County continues to drive workforce development solutions in Hamilton County by expanding career pathway development, training and resources provided to justice-involved, mental health, and recovery populations throughout Hamilton County....
Talent InSight Community Highlight – Carmel
While Hamilton County transitions away from "bedroom" community status in 2025, Carmel has been past that job growth point for some time. By 2030 that difference is projected to be close to 20,000 more jobs than employed residents (while both statistics grow)....
Putting a Percent in Perspective
United Way has a socioeconomic measure of household vulnerability and poverty called ALICE. ALICE stands for Asset-Limited-Income-Constrained-Employed. These are working individuals who in most cases make enough money to pay their month-to-month expenses but are one...
A Significant Misalignment – How Jobs and Education Demographics Align
Last month (March 2024), speaker Susan Koehn from Lightcast was addressing over 150 local business and community leaders at the Invest Hamilton County State of the Workforce annual program. She showed the graph below (linked here) and stated that when seeing she...
Invest Launches Multiple New Programs
March and April 2024 have been and will be a period of growth and transformation for Invest Hamilton County. We have new initiatives launching in the disability employment, child care, reentry and K-12 spaces. These initiatives will help guide the continued growth and...
Life in Hamilton County Blog
Empowering Reentry: The Transformative Impact of Training Programs in the Reentry Space
Invest Hamilton County works with The Mattison Corporation to develop and deliver training programs for our InvestOnward initiatives. By Vanessa Jimenez, Marketing Manager, The Mattison Corporation Reentry into society after incarceration or facing daily life with...
Staying IN – Ball State Ambassador Blog
Jacksen Cole, BSU Ambassador If there’s one thing I know about, it’s Indiana. More specifically- Noblesville. I’ve lived there since third grade and take any chance to come back home as I can. My name is Jacksen and I am a Ball State student. I am majoring in...
The Working Hungry – Hamilton County Food Resource Coalition
Jeena Siela, Senior Community Leadership Officer, Hamilton County Community Foundation Tracey Horth Krueger, Nonprofit Consultant According to Feeding America, the annual income for the households it serves is $9,175.00. Approximately $764 per month for rent,...
Holiday Traditions
Tim GriffinCarmel Firefighter and Public Information OfficerTim also serves as Hamilton County Coucilor for District 1 For the Griffin family, the holiday season is more than just a calendar event; it's filled with cherished traditions that we eagerly look...
Life in Hamilton County Blog
Local Opportunities to Help Combat Food Insecurity Mark and Lisa HallFeedingTeam.org FoundersMark Hall also serves as Hamilton County Coucilor for District 3 Inside the vigor of our high quality of life in Hamilton County, resides the cold and often invisible truth of...
