{"id":13195,"date":"2023-12-19T08:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T13:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rmff.org\/?p=13195"},"modified":"2025-10-24T19:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:43:51","slug":"catapult-indiana-helps-students-grow-skills-in-advanced-manufacturing-and-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rmff.org\/zh\/2023\/12\/catapult-indiana-helps-students-grow-skills-in-advanced-manufacturing-and-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Catapult Indiana Helps Students Grow Skills in Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13195\" class=\"elementor elementor-13195\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f0c688 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28f0c688\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69258ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69258ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conexusindiana.com\/activate-talent\/catapult-indiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catapult Indiana<\/a>\u00a0is a 160-hour paid training program that teaches participants about advanced manufacturing and logistics through classroom work and hands-on experience. An initiative of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conexusindiana.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Conexus Indiana<\/a>, Catapult gives students the skills they need to succeed in this fast-growing field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To launch Catapult Indiana, the Fairbanks Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/rmff.org\/grantmaking\/grants-awarded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">awarded<\/a>\u00a0two grants to Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicpindiana.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CICP<\/a>) Foundation totaling more than $750,000. The grants allowed Conexus Indiana to develop a statewide model for the program and to implement a Catapult site in Marion County. As of November 2023, 336 students have participated in Catapult in Marion County. 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