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Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning
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About
JFF’s Center for Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning provides expert guidance and resources on effective approaches to work-based learning that benefit businesses, students, and workers.
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Our Work
We work with businesses, intermediaries, government agencies, secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, training providers, workforce boards, and more to develop, scale, and promote effective apprenticeship and work-based learning programs that work for a range of participants.
Orrian Willis, program manager, TechSFSince starting to work with JFF, there’s a number of milestones we’ve achieved. We can say we finally have momentum.
Featured Project
Expanding Apprenticeship to Opportunity Youth
Since 2019, JFF has enrolled more than 100 opportunity youth into apprenticeship programs and started a cohort of 15 programs across the country.
Resources
Latest Resources
Report/Research
How Apprenticeship Programs for Opportunity Youth Stay Resilient Through the COVID-19 Recession
This report looks at strategies for sustaining and expanding Registered Apprenticeship pathways for opportunity youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors highlight promising practices from workforce boards and community-based organizations, and address topics including the digital divide, occupational mobility, and the provision of services and supports.
Webinar Recording
Debugged: Diversifying IT Through Effective Training Programs
In this webinar, JFF explored how IT training programs can become more effective, equitable, and aligned with industry needs.
Webinar Recording
Women in Skilled Manufacturing Apprenticeships & Careers: An Introduction To Equity and Inclusion
The recordings of this 2-day virtual institute provide manufacturing industry leaders with a unique opportunity to learn about best practices for hiring and retaining women.
Featured Resource
JFF's Framework for a High-Quality IT Pre-Apprenticeship Program
This pre-apprenticeship framework outlines the six key characteristics of a high-quality pre-apprenticeship program with a focus on the IT industry.
Blog
Latest Blog Posts
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Apprenticeship Offers a Path to Recovery Through Tumultuous Times: A Q&A With Eric Seleznow
Apprenticeship is a vital component of an equitable economic recovery. This National Apprenticeship Week, we must focus on supporting employers and other stakeholders as they deliver on this potential.
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7 Reasons Companies Should Use the Purdue Cyber Apprenticeship Program to Hire Their Future Workforce
Purdue University’s Cyber Apprenticeship Program (P-CAP) provides the skills and credentials workers need to become a cybersecurity expert for your workplace.
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IMT Apprenticeship Provides Positive Return on Investment for Employers
JFF’s new study shows that employers who implemented the Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) Registered Apprenticeship program had an impressive 48 percent return on investment.
Featured Blog Post
Apprenticeship Is Vital to Manufacturing's Post-Pandemic Recovery
As we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, apprenticeship can play an important role in efforts to foster an equitable economic recovery as a key component of new talent development programs and efforts to retrain or upskill current workers.