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The report presents findings on American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) grantee program operations from fall 2017 (approximately two years into the grant when data were first available) through summer 2021, when most grantees had concluded their grant activities and others were close to finishing. The report documents the degree to which grantees collectively met their apprenticeship program registration targets, their apprentice registration targets, and their pre-apprentice program implementation and enrollment targets. It also describes variation on these among grantees.

Research Questions

• Overall, did AAI grantees collectively meet their apprenticeship program registration and apprentice registration targets articulated in their grant applications?
• How many pre-apprenticeship programs did grantees develop, and how many pre-apprentices did grantees enroll over the grant period?

Key Takeaways

• AAI grantees registered 2,111 apprenticeship programs, or 102 percent of their collective 2,074 target.
• Thirty-three grantees (73 percent) met or exceeded their apprenticeship program registration targets, compared to 12 grantees (27 percent) that did not.
• Twenty grantees (44 percent) met or exceeded their apprentice registration targets, whereas 25 grantees (56 percent) did not.
• In terms of grantees’ organizational type, 60 percent of colleges met or exceeded their targets for registered apprentices, followed by State government agencies (55 percent).
• Overall, 77 percent of registered apprentices were in nontraditional apprenticeship occupations.
• Men most commonly registered in advanced manufacturing (39 percent) and construction (28 percent) occupations, and women most commonly registered in healthcare (51 percent) and “other” (18 percent) occupations, including insurance, banking, and transportation.
• More women (91 percent) than men (72 percent) registered in nontraditional apprenticeship occupations.
• Almost 70 percent of apprentices were from underrepresented populations.
• A larger share of women than men were Black non-Hispanic (21 percent versus 16 percent), whereas more men than women were White non-Hispanic (63 percent versus 53 percent).
• More than half of registered apprentices (52 percent) were incumbent workers; that is, they already were working for their employer prior to starting the apprenticeship.
• Twenty-two (49 percent) grantees proposed in their grant applications to implement one or more pre-apprenticeship programs. Ultimately, 39 grantees (87 percent) implemented a pre-apprenticeship program, 77 percent more than had planned.
• Collectively, the 39 grantees that implemented a pre-apprenticeship program enrolled 10,811 pre-apprentices, 34 percent more than they proposed in their grant applications.
• Compared to apprentices, more pre-apprentices (88 percent) were from underrepresented populations.

Citation

Fumia, D., Griffith, T., Copson, E. (2022). Abt Associates. Achieving Apprenticeship Program and Apprentice Registration Targets: Grantee Outcomes from the American Apprenticeship Initiative. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor.

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This study was sponsored by the Employment and Training Administration, Office of Policy Development and Research, Division of Research and Evaluation, and was produced outside of CEO’s standard research development process.