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Examines the role of apprenticeships in workforce development in the United States and outlines policy recommendations that would spur a large-scale expansion of these programs.

Summarizes findings from an implementation and outcomes evaluation of the YouthBuild Youth Offender grants.

Highlights roundtable participant discussions of workforce innovations and practices that hold the most promise and challenges for ensuring an effective U.S. workforce system and policy.

Analyzes national and state-level data on apprenticeship cancellation rates, as well as findings from multiple field interviews about why some apprentices achieve journey-level status while others cancel out of apprenticeship programs.

Spotlights two pre-apprenticeship-to-apprenticeship training programs in Philadelphia and New Orleans that target opportunity youth (youth who are neither working nor engaged in education); and uses these programs to highlight key strategies that...

Presents findings from an 18 month evaluation of a statewide program designed to link participants with barriers to employment to both training and subsidized jobs—focuses on program design, implementation, and outcomes.

Presents findings from an evaluation of Year Up, one of nine Pathways for Advancing Careers and Educating programs, which provides sectoral training in the IT and financial services sector for adults between the ages of 18 to 24 who lack...

This report presents findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) study of Project QUEST, a pioneer in the sectoral employment field. QUEST provides comprehensive support and resources to help individuals complete occupational training...