Utilizing Public Sector Apprenticeships to Improve Employment Outcomes

Prior to his inauguration, President Jo e Biden pledged to invest $50 billion in workforce training , including a substantial investment in the national Registered Apprenticeship Program that would “exponentially increase the number of apprenticeships in this country.” Concurrently, the House passed a bill in November -- which has now received its second reading in the Senate -- that would invest nearly $4 billion over five years in apprenticeship program expansion. These promises and actions at the federal level show that, in a country challenged by recession and high retirement rates,...