US Department of Labor awards $162M to expand Registered Apprenticeship through performance-based incentives in key industry sectors
Grants advance President Trump’s goal of surpassing 1M new active apprentices WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of nearly $162 million through five cooperative agreements to expand Registered Apprenticeship in the occupations critical for the administration’s reindustrialization agenda. The department’s Employment and Training Administration will administer the five Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program cooperative agreements with […]
Lessons Learned by State Apprenticeship Systems During the Pandemic: Webinar Recap
Originally posted by Apprenticeships for America on June 18, 2026 Written by Harry Leech The pandemic marked a period of unprecedented disruption, but it also served as a powerful catalyst for innovation, modernization, and expansion into non-traditional industries for state apprenticeship agencies. How did systems adapt, and which of those emergency measures have evolved into permanent […]
The Apprenticeship Wish List
Originally posted on Inside Higher Ed on June 29, 2026.| Apprenticeships are growing. But experts say that without more funding, updated laws and better data, the U.S. is still far from the system they know is possible. By Johanna Alonso Early in his second term, President Donald Trump announced an ambitious goal: to grow the number of new, active registered […]