"Investing in America" Agenda: Registered Apprenticeship and Other Pathways for Opportunity Youth

Sara Hastings, Unit Chief, Division of Youth Services, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Alan Dodkowitz, Subject Matter Expert, Safal Partners

Melissa Aguilar-Southard, Director and Subject Matter Expert, Safal Partners

This webinar will provide a holistic overview of the IIA Agenda, provide examples of how communities and workforce boards can partner together to leverage resources, and explore how funds can be utilized to train opportunity youth to support registered apprenticeship (RA) pathways, other career pipelines, and industry’s growing needs.

Through the current administration’s IIA Agenda, the administration is collaborating with state and local officials, employers, unions, community colleges, high schools, and other stakeholders to create a diverse and skilled workforce. In particular, the pathways are being created for the opportunity youth in our current and future pipelines, inclusive of the use of registered apprenticeship programs and other meaningful career avenues, which provide incredible earn and learn opportunities. Attendees will come away with knowledge of:

• The core elements of the IIA Agenda.
• Opportunities that exist related to states’ utilization of funding opportunities to support RA and other pathways.
• How workforce boards can collaborate and partner together to support the implementation of the agenda, while also supporting the needs of the opportunity youth population.

Join us for this session to learn how state and local workforce systems should be thinking and reacting to this once in a lifetime opportunity.

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