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Strategic Skills Initiative

Governor Daniels' Strategic Skills Initiative (SSI) was developed to address Indiana's critical job shortages and to increase opportunities and wages for Hoosier workers. Throughout the state, money has been awarded and solutions identified to encourage economic growth and better paying jobs across the state's 11 economic growth regions.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao was the keynote speaker at The Department of Workforce Development Strategic Skills Initiative conference devoted to Indiana’s efforts to address skills and occupational shortages.

The summit brought together regional workforce and economic development officials from throughout Indiana who have been implementing projects designed to address local skill and occupational shortages. One year ago, the state provided the 11 Regional Workforce Boards with approximately $15 million in grants to begin the process.

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    New Feature: SSI in Action

    Strategic Skills Initiative: Nursing Simulation at Vincennes Universty.

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