Earn While You Learn
Barber Apprenticeship
Earn while you learn through structured on-the-job training and related technical instruction.
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Career Training, Registered Apprenticeships & Workforce Technology in Indiana
DOL-registered apprenticeship sponsor and WIOA-approved training provider serving learners, employers, and workforce agencies in Indianapolis and across Indiana. Funded training in healthcare, skilled trades, CDL, and technology often at no cost for eligible participants.
- AI-Driven Career Navigation
- Automated Compliance Tracking
- Blockchain-Verified Credentials
- Enrolling Now — Indianapolis Healthcare & Trades Training
- WIOA Funding Available — Apply Today
- AI-Powered Training • Testing • Apprenticeship • Workforce Support
Career Pathways
See yourself in the next step.
Explore hands-on training, apprenticeships, and career pathways designed around real work and industry credentials.
For Shop Owners
Become a Host Shop
Train apprentices at your licensed shop while Elevate supports onboarding, tracking, and compliance.
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Transportation
CDL Training
Prepare for commercial driving with permit support, safety instruction, and coordinated road training.
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Skilled Trades
HVAC Training
Build hands-on skills in heating, cooling, refrigeration, safety, diagnostics, installation, and maintenance.
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Business
Business & Career Advancement
Build practical skills for business launch, operations, budgeting, branding, marketing, and career growth.
Explore pathwayAccreditations & Approvals
Aligned with workforce development partners
The Elevate Pathway
Know what happens next.
A clear journey from application through training, credentials, and career advancement—without making people guess where to go next.
01Apply
Start with a short application so we know your program interest and next step.
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02Review Funding
Explore potential workforce funding and eligibility requirements before enrollment.
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03Train
Complete credential-aligned instruction and required hands-on learning.
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04Work & Learn
Eligible apprenticeship pathways combine structured training with employer-based learning.
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05Earn Credentials
Prepare for the credential, certification, or license requirement connected to your pathway.
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06Move Forward
Use career services, employer connections, and work-based learning support as you advance.
Learn more Training + funding + support
Two Organizations. One Complete Mission.
Elevate for Humanity focuses on skills, credentials, apprenticeship, and employment pathways. Selfish Inc. d/b/a Rise Forward Foundation supports the broader mission through community and wraparound resources. Public funding, when available, remains controlled by the applicable funding agency.
Career Training
Elevate for Humanity
Career and technical training, Registered Apprenticeship pathways, credentials, career preparation, and employer connections.
Training Funding
Workforce & Public Programs
Eligible participants may qualify for approved workforce or public funding. The responsible funding agency determines eligibility, covered costs, and authorization.
Wraparound Support
Selfish Inc. / Rise Forward Foundation
Community-resource navigation and supportive services designed to help eligible participants address barriers that can interfere with training, employment, and economic stability.
One participant journey
Career goal → funding review → training → support → credential → employment
Support is based on program availability and participant eligibility. No website statement, application, or referral guarantees public funding or a specific charitable benefit.
Foundation partner: Selfish Inc. d/b/a Rise Forward Foundation
Start with eligibility, not assumptions.
Funding depends on the participant, program, region, authorization, and available funding.
Funding Navigation
Understand your options before you enroll.
Elevate helps applicants identify potential workforce funding pathways and understand the next steps required by the responsible agency or funding source.
WIOA
Workforce funding may be available for eligible participants in approved training programs.
Workforce Ready Grant
Indiana funding may support qualifying high-demand credentials for eligible participants.
Employer & OJT Support
Eligible employer-based training arrangements may include wage reimbursement or work-based learning support.
Self-Pay Options
Payment options may be available when public funding does not apply.
Apprenticeship Infrastructure
Real apprenticeships. Real oversight.
Elevate is a Registered Apprenticeship sponsor. Structured OJL, employer coordination, RAPIDS-compatible tracking, and compliance documentation keep learners and approved Host Sites in one operating workflow.
For learners
Earn while you learn
- Earn wages while you train when employed in the apprenticeship role
- Digital OJL and RTI hour tracking
- Worksite attendance and verification workflows
- Apprenticeship progress visible in your portal
- Credential and completion records maintained in the platform
- Structured progression toward program completion
For employers
Become an approved Host Site
- Approved Host Site pathway under Elevate sponsorship
- OJT reimbursement support when available and eligible
- RAPIDS-compatible hour tracking
- Host Site dashboard with apprentice visibility
- WEX and OJT agreement management
- Workforce incentive documentation support
- Compliance reporting workflows for workforce partners
Apprenticeship isn't a program add-on. It's the pathway.
Structured OJL, employer coordination, and sponsor reporting are connected from enrollment through completion.
For Employers
Hire. Host. Train.
Three clear ways to work with Elevate.
Use the employer pathway that matches your goal. Public information stays on the main website; authenticated employer and Host Site work stays in the LMS portal.
Hire Credentialed Graduates
Connect with trained candidates across healthcare, skilled trades, technology, and business pathways.
- Healthcare — CNA, CCMA, CPT
- Skilled Trades — HVAC and related pathways
- Technology — CompTIA and Certiport-aligned skills
- Business and administrative pathways
Become an Apprenticeship Host Site
Approved businesses provide supervised on-the-job learning while Elevate manages Registered Apprenticeship sponsor governance, RTI, tracking, and compliance workflows.
- Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technician pathways
- Digital hour and competency verification
- One universal Host Site application
- Dedicated Host Site portal after approval
Co-Design a Training Cohort
Work with Elevate to structure a training cohort around job requirements, scheduling, credentials, and available workforce funding.
- Training aligned to employer requirements
- Funding eligibility reviewed by program and participant
- Cohort scheduling around operational needs
- Centralized training and compliance coordination
Beauty & Grooming Apprenticeships
Earn while you learn inside an approved Indiana host shop.
Choose the license path you want, apply directly to that track, and complete supervised on-the-job learning with related technical instruction. Funding is reviewed by program, participant, region, and current authorization—never assumed.
Own a salon, spa, or barbershop?
Apply to become an Elevate Host Site. Elevate supports sponsor governance, RTI coordination, hour tracking, and apprenticeship workflows.
Become a Host Shop
Earn While You Learn
Barbering Apprenticeship
2,000 OJL hours + 144 hours of Related Technical Instruction
Fades, clipper work, shaving, sanitation, shop operations
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Earn While You Learn
Cosmetology Apprenticeship
2,000 hours of supervised salon training
Haircutting, styling, color, chemical services, client care
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Earn While You Learn
Nail Technician Apprenticeship
600 hours of supervised training
Manicuring, pedicuring, nail enhancements, sanitation
Learn More & ApplyTrust & verification
Elevate operates Registered Apprenticeship pathways and is an Indiana ETPL-listed training provider. ETPL/WIOA eligibility is program-specific; applicants should use the funding review process for the exact track they select.
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The Infrastructure for the Next Economy.
Apply once for training, funding, apprenticeship, certification, and employment — all in one system.