DemonstrationConcept prototype. Every organization, student, and figure shown is fictional — this is not a live program and nothing here can be applied for.

Program administrator

Ecosystem Operations

1 live market · 4 in the launch pipeline

Stalled in the pause

5

Waiting on a board interview or determination

Total stalled

9

Any queue sitting more than 5 days

Awaiting vetting

3

Organizations wanting to join

Subsidy committed

$30K

of $240K allocated

What's stuck

Sorted with the pause first, because that is where placements die

StudentOpportunityStateWaiting onDwell
Omar Haddad
Web Developer TraineeStandard · 3 cr
Prairie Ridge Municipal Utilities
Mutual interestStudent — has not booked a board interview19 days
Marcus Bell
Clinical Operations InternStandard · 3 cr
Frontier Health Partners
Mutual interestStudent — has not booked a board interview11 days
Hana Whitmore
Grain Logistics Data InternStandard · 3 cr
Heartland Grain Cooperative
Awaiting determinationWorkforce board — no determination recorded8 days
Luis Ferreira
Manufacturing Process InternStandard · 3 cr
Cherokee Valley Manufacturing
Eligible — awaiting fundingWorkforce board — no funding decision6 days
Nina Kowalski
Software Engineering InternStandard · 3 cr
Apex Robotics
Interview bookedWorkforce board5 days
Tasha Boone
Web Developer TraineeStandard · 3 cr
Prairie Ridge Municipal Utilities
Under reviewBusiness14 days
Luis Ferreira
Grain Logistics Data InternStandard · 3 cr
Heartland Grain Cooperative
Credit pendingCollege12 days
Hana Whitmore
Competitor landscape briefMicro · banks hours
Bluestem Digital
Credit pendingCollege9 days
Hana Whitmore
Utility billing reconciliationMicro · banks hours
Prairie Ridge Municipal Utilities
Credit pendingCollege9 days

Market pipeline

Board first, then college, then the market opens

Pittsburg

Southeast Kansas

Crawford · Cherokee · Labette · Neosho County

Live

Step 7 of 7 · Southeast Kansas Workforce Partnership

Students
10
Businesses
6
Placed
11
In pause
6
PY2026 subsidy allocation$29,680 of $240,000

$210,320 uncommitted at $20/hr

Emporia

Flint Hills

Lyon · Chase · Coffey County

Configuring

Step 6 of 7 · Flint Hills Workforce Partnership

College committed. Configuring credit policy and terms before opening to students.

Garden City

Western Kansas

Finney · Ford · Seward County

Board committed

Step 3 of 7 · Western Kansas Workforce Partnership

Board committed. Next step is securing a college partner.

Salina

North Central Kansas

Saline · Ottawa · Dickinson County

Board engaged

Step 2 of 7 · No board secured

Early conversations. No commitments yet.

Hays

Smoky Hill

Ellis · Russell · Trego County

Prospecting

Step 1 of 7 · No board secured

Early conversations. No commitments yet.

Awaiting vetting

Nothing transacts until an organization is approved

  • Girard Metalworks

    Crawford County · Sam Ortega

    Under review
  • Prairie State Insurance Group

    Neosho County · Leah Nussbaum

    New
  • Four State Logistics

    Cherokee County · Derek Ames

    Info requested

Funnel

Applications in the pause have been waiting 8 days on average

Applied26
Shortlisted2181%
Mutual interest2095%
Through the pause1470%
Placed1286%
Credit granted325%

Assumption Boards hold a fixed annual allocation that placements draw down (Q20). If funding is uncapped, the budget rail on each market comes out.

Every state change is written to an immutable audit log

Which is also what makes this reporting free rather than computed ad hoc

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