Indy Achieves is Mayor Joe Hogsett’s response to Indianapolis’ rapidly changing labor market by ensuring that every Indianapolis resident has the ability to pursue and complete a postsecondary credential or degree program, and empowering residents to pursue careers that put them on a pathway to the middle class.

DATA WE CAN’T IGNORE

To completely close the skills gap in Indianapolis, our city would need an additional 215,000 adults with a job-ready credential. Indy Achieves is committed to increasing the proportion of Indianapolis adults with high-quality postsecondary credentials to 65% of residents by 2027, and to eliminating attainment gaps that currently exist for minority residents.

Indy Achieves will focus on two key ways to increase the proportion of adults with the appropriate credentials:

Increasing the number of K-12 students who pursue and complete postsecondary credentials
Increasing the educational attainment level of the existing adult population, all the while ensuring more intentional pathways into high-demand careers.

Download the Indy Achieves Strategic Plan

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Executive Summary

Appendix A

Appendix B

PRIORITY AREAS

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PARTNERSHIPS

The Indiana 21st Century Scholarship Program is an early commitment college promise program funded by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (CHE), offering income-eligible Hoosier students up to four years of paid tuition at an eligible Indiana two-year and/or four-year higher education institution. The goal of the early commitment promise program is to encourage low- and middle-income students and families to plan for and attend postsecondary education. The Indiana 21st Century Scholarship Program is a part of the national College Promise Campaign movement.

In May of 2018, Ivy Tech and IU Indianapolis signed agreements with the City of Indianapolis and EmployIndy to launch Indy Achieves. Indy Achieves is proud to partner with our two main public postsecondary institutions in Marion County. Through Indy Achieves, Marion County residents attending Ivy Tech and IUPUI qualify for additional financial assistance and wrap-around services. The vast-majority of graduates from Ivy Tech and IU Indianapolis still live in Marion County five years after graduation, making them a key partner in shaping our city’s workforce for the 21st Century Economy.

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The efforts of INvestEd focus on providing friendly, free, expert financial aid help to students, families, and counselors. At hundreds of Indiana high school events each year as well as over the phone, in print, and via email, INvestEd assists Hoosiers with the college planning process.