Apprenticeship Services

What this funds

The Employment and Training Administration's Office of Apprenticeship (OA) is responsible for implementing the National Apprenticeship Act (50 Stat. 664; 29 U.S.C. 50). In support of the National Apprenticeship Act, OA utilizes Program Administration resources under the Apprenticeship Services budget activity to oversee the National Registered Apprenticeship system and implement the President's Executive Orders - Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trades Jobs of the Future, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth, and Restoring America's Maritime Dominance - regarding building a highly skilled trade workforce, including through expanding Registered Apprenticeships. Registered Apprenticeship is a proven strategy to develop the nation's workforce that has been validated by the U.S. Department of Labor or a SAA. Programs are industry-driven earn-and- learn programs through which employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, progressive wage increases, and a transferable, nationally recognized credential. While the Department proposes consolidating workforce development programs, including existing grants for Registered Apprenticeship, into the MASA grant program, MASA grantees will be required to spend at least 10 percent of their funds on Registered Apprenticeship activities. In addition, up to three percent of MASA funds will be reserved, and administered by ETA, for targeted Federal investments related to Registered Apprenticeship, including intermediary contracts and cooperative agreements, outreach and engagement, and technology modernization initiatives. The Apprenticeship Services budget activity funds federal efforts in the following areas: Supporting OA's capacity for registering apprenticeship programs that meet Federal standards; Providing assistance and subject matter expertise to employers, industry associations, educators, workforce leaders, labor organization, SAAs, and other stakeholders with the development and administration of Registered Apprenticeship programs; Issuing apprentices certificates of completion that are nationally recognized and portable; Promoting Registered Apprenticeships as a viable career pathway by supporting the development of quality workforce pipelines to Registered Apprenticeships, such as pre- PA - 35 APPRENTICESHIP SERVICES apprenticeships, expanding Registered Apprenticeship opportunities for youth, and partnerships with WIOA and other workforce development programs; Providing program management, oversight, compliance, and technical assistance to Federally managed OA States, and SAAs in 32 states; and Currently, managing a portfolio of over $830,000,000 in active grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.

Extracted from Employment and Training Administration, p. 10. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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