This Apprenticeship.gov Fact Sheet shows a summary of the findings from the Evaluation of the American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) offering insight into the benefits to employers of using registered apprenticeship programs to hire and train workers. There were two main findings: return on investment (ROI) of apprenticeship and net benefits of apprenticeship.

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This questionnaire is intended to help your organization answer important internal questions in preparation for working with your local US Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship (DOL OA) staff or State Apprenticeship Agency (SAA) staff to develop or expand a registered apprenticeship (RA) program.

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As part of the Center of Excellence’s work on System Alignment and Strategic Partnerships in Registered Apprenticeship, the Center chose five initial states in 2021 to do focused work with leaders across workforce, industry, education, and labor. California was one of the five states. Center lead, Safal Partners, engaged the California Workforce Association (CWA) as a lead partner on the Center grant.

Together, Safal Partners, CWA and leadership from the state apprenticeship agency (Division of Apprenticeship Standards – DAS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL) Office of Apprenticeship (OA) formed a Leadership Team of representative organizations to guide the Center’s work in the state. The team is comprised of 26 members representing industry, workforce, education, government, and labor; it has representation from both the state and local level within each sector.

This Center of Excellence California Regional Sessions Report-Out documents the 2022 regional sessions utilizing methods such as asset mapping and guided questions focused on opportunities and actions. Overviews of meeting outputs are recorded from the Sacramento, Clovis, Long Beach regions.

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This presentation discussed registering for National Apprenticeship Week, the partnership with the Center of Excellence, an introduction to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Apprenticeship Update, Safal partnership with the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation America, an overview of role clarity, and a Q&A section.

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This session focused on giving workforce and education stakeholders tools and strategies to increase business engagement in Registered Apprenticeships. Participants learned to recognize the importance of business engagement in every state of Registered Apprenticeship, assess their current level of business engagement and identify where engagement can be increased. Finally, Center partner, the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals discussed tools and strategies to implement that promotes business engagement. 

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This Ready Aim Launch webinar discussed how to find funding for youth apprenticeship programs.

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Ready Aim Launch - Overcoming Youth Barriers Through Registered Youth Apprenticeship

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During the Florida Association for Career and Development Education conference, the Center presented, Building, Launching and Sustaining Your Program. This presentation talked about the elements of Registered Apprenticeship (RA), five core components of RA, companies adopting RA, benefits for schools, students, and employers, and comparting apprenticeship and internship.

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For those launching a Registered Apprenticeship in the state of Missouri, this webinar is for you to meet your U.S. DOL Missouri Apprenticeship Training Representative.

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Attendees joined Center of Excellence team members from Safal Partners and CWA at CWA's annual WORKCON conference. The session was open and free to all. Attendees learned how stakeholders from business, industry associations, workforce boards, and secondary- and post-secondary educational institutions can access assistance around better aligning Registered Apprenticeships with workforce and education systems and increasing co-enrollment with WIOA. This is a presentation to the State of California included an introduction to the Center's work outlining system alignment and the services that the Center offers.

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