SPR, National Disability Institute Partner on Equality & Inclusive Employment for People with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Labor awarded an $8 million four-year cooperative agreement to operate a policy development center focused on employment for people with disabilities to the National Disability Institute and Social Policy Research Associates. The project is administered by…
Read more » New Apprenticeship Expansion Case Studies: Idaho & Maine
Our team worked with AIR to produce new apprenticeship case studies that explore successful expansion strategies in Idaho and Maine. Supported by the US Department of Labor as part of the federal apprenticeship expansion effort, the full collection of resources…
Read more » SPR Joins AIR and JFF to Help States Expand Apprenticeship
SPR, Jobs for the Future (JFF), and American Institutes for Research (AIR) have teamed up to help states expand registered apprenticeship (RA) under the State Apprenticeship Expansion grant program (and its predecessors) funded by the US Department of Labor's Office…
Read more » Promising Approaches for Connecting Opportunity Youth to Registered Apprenticeship
This resource highlights promising practices (in five categories) for building and growing successful apprenticeship programs for opportunity youth. Drawn from among a network of 15 partner sites as part of the US Department of Labor’s apprenticeship expansion effort with JFF,…
Read more » How Apprenticeship Programs for Opportunity Youth Stay Resilient Through the COVID-19 Recession
A product of an apprenticeship expansion and modernization effort supported by the US Department of Labor, with JFF, the National Association of Workforce Boards, the Rural Youth Catalyst Project, and SPR, this report documents strategies for sustaining and expanding Registered…
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