Helps workers who have been laid off get back to work quickly. Services include retraining, career counseling, job search assistance, and support services through WorkOne centers.

Connects individuals with past legal involvement to jobs, training, and support services. Provides job readiness skills, resume building, and long-term career coaching with partner businesses.

Employment resources and support for Hoosiers receiving SNAP or TANF, including free job skills training, HSE/ESL classes, certified training programs, career assessments, resume assistance, and wrap-around support.

$5,000 annually ($1,250/quarter) for eligible students to pursue apprenticeships, applied learning, work-based learning, and career credentials. Covers education, transportation, equipment, career coaching, and certification exams.

Free career coaching for Indiana students through state-funded intermediaries. Provides career assessments, exploration of career pathways, and connections to employers and postsecondary options.

Indiana program providing career counseling, relocation assistance, and employment support for veterans transitioning to civilian careers in Indiana.

Employers can provide up to $5,250/year tax-free per employee for tuition, fees, books, and student loan repayment. Made permanent by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (July 2025). Indexed for inflation starting 2026.

Free employment services, job skills training, and support for Hoosiers receiving SNAP benefits. Includes clothing assistance ($300/year), transportation ($125/month), and paid work training.

Free career exploration and work-readiness services for students with disabilities ages 14–21. Delivered through Indiana’s Vocational Rehabilitation Bureau.

Statewide 24/7 free, confidential help line and online directory for finding food, housing, utility assistance, healthcare, mental health, transportation, and other social services. Operators search a vetted database of local programs by ZIP code. Hamilton County residents get connected to the closest provider — there is no income test for using the line; eligibility depends on the individual program. Free.

Indiana law assigns each township trustee a duty to assist poor and needy residents within their township. Carmel Clay, Clay (Carmel), Delaware (Fishers), Fall Creek (Fishers), Noblesville, Washington (Westfield), Wayne, Jackson, Adams, White River, and Sheridan-area townships each operate offices that can pay emergency rent, utility shutoffs, food, prescriptions, household necessities, and burial costs case-by-case. Standards and income limits vary by township but are coordinated through the Hamilton County Trustees Association.

Indianapolis-based veteran wraparound provider serving any honorably discharged Indiana veteran (any era, any branch). Services include emergency and transitional housing (~103 beds nightly), 62 units of permanent supportive housing, short-term rent and utility assistance, food/clothing pantry, employment services (resume, interview, job placement), and homeless street outreach. Hamilton County veterans access services in Indianapolis (45 East 10th Street). Most services free.

Hamilton County's primary domestic violence, sexual assault, and crime victim services agency. Free, confidential 24/7 crisis hotline; safety planning; emergency shelter referrals; court accompaniment; civil protection order assistance; counseling for adult and child survivors; bilingual (English and Spanish). Based in Noblesville, serves all of Hamilton County.

Free adult high school diploma program (Excel Center) for Hoosiers age 18+ who lack a high school diploma — accredited diploma, free childcare during class, transportation assistance, and free college credentials embedded. Closest Excel Centers to Hamilton County: Anderson, Lafayette Square (Indianapolis), Meadows (Indianapolis Northeast), Noblesville. Goodwill also operates Nurse-Family Partnership free home-visiting nursing for first-time low-income mothers across Central Indiana including Hamilton County.

Indiana's tech industry growth nonprofit (Indianapolis-based) offering free workforce resources for residents exploring tech careers. Includes free access to Infosys Springboard (digital skills learning platform), free virtual work simulations through The Forage, the largest Indiana-only tech job board, and the Careers in Tech resource hub demystifying Indiana's tech landscape and pathways. Xtern is a separate paid summer internship program for college students.

Free state-provided career exploration and education-planning platform powered by Kuder and administered by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Available to all Hoosiers 6th grade and up — once an account is created it is theirs for life. Includes interest assessments, occupation-to-program matching, Indiana labor market data, scholarship search, and résumé builder. Designed for career transitions and education planning at any life stage.

Twin federal career-exploration platforms developed by the U.S. Department of Labor / Employment & Training Administration. O*NET OnLine (onetonline.org) is the in-depth occupational database covering 900+ careers with tasks, skills, knowledge, abilities, wages, and outlook. My Next Move (mynextmove.org) is the simplified consumer-facing version that includes the O*NET Interest Profiler — a 30-question RIASEC assessment producing personalized career suggestions. Both are completely free, no account required, and the gold standard for career exploration in the U.S.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, CareerOneStop is the federal hub for free career exploration, job search, training search, salary data, and credential research. Specialized portals include mySkills myFuture (skill-transfer for career changers), GetMyFuture (ages 14-24), Veteran and Military Transition Center, and Justice-Impacted Job Seekers re-entry tools. 800+ captioned career videos. Free hotline 1-877-US2-JOBS connects callers to local workforce resources.

Industry-recognized professional certificates from Google in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Digital Marketing & E-commerce, IT Support, Project Management, and UX Design. Designed to be job-ready in 3-6 months with no prior degree or experience. Approximately $39-49/month on Coursera (about $234 total at typical pace), but 100,000 need-based scholarships make the program free for qualifying learners. Completion unlocks CareerCircle — free 1-on-1 coaching, interview prep, and a job board connecting to 150+ employers in the Google Career Certificates Employer Consortium.