Apprenticeship Closing the Skills Gap

Fiscal Year of Award:

2020

Original Award Date:

February 18, 2020

Award Type:

Grant

Award Status:

Active

Original Opportunity Notice: FOA-ETA-19-09

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration awarded $99,281,216 in grant investments to 28 grantees for the H-1B Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap grant program in February 2020.

The primary goal of this grant program is to increase apprenticeship opportunities for all Americans by accelerating the expansion of apprenticeships to industry sectors and occupations that have not traditionally deployed apprenticeships for building a skilled workforce, such as advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and health care and by promoting the large-scale expansion of apprenticeships across the nation to a range of employers, including small and medium-sized employers.

The Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap grantees are represented by 17 institutions of higher education (IHE) and 11 nonprofit trade, industry, or employer associations; labor unions; or labor management organizations. All grant projects feature an Apprenticeship Partnership, which is a partnership of public and private sector entities that include the lead applicant, an IHE (if the lead applicant is not an IHE), employer partners and optional partners. The optional partners can include organizations to support outreach and training activities, Small Business Development Centers, community organizations that provide social support and/or wrap-around services, and optional workforce partners.

Program Activities: The Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap grant program will expand apprenticeship opportunities within H-1B occupations and industry sectors, particularly those sectors that have not deployed apprenticeships on a large scale previously. These include in-demand cybersecurity professions and emerging occupations involving artificial intelligence (AI) across several industry sectors.

Grantees will increase the number and types of workers participating as apprentices by establishing new apprenticeship programs or expanding existing apprenticeship programs; creating the training infrastructure/network to deploy the new programs; promoting apprenticeship programs on a local/regional, statewide, or national scale; and developing training activities for an expanded pool of individual apprentices in the newly certified or expanded programs.

Grantees proposed new or expanded apprenticeship programs in H-1B Industries: advanced manufacturing, health care and information technology, with some grantees giving a particular focus to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence in the manufacturing and clean energy industry, wireless technology and broadband, and artificial intelligence in the transportation and supply chain industry.

Awardee information
AwardeeLocationService AreaAward AmountDetails
Aerospace Machinist Joint Training Committee Abstract Document PDFSeattle, WAWashington $996,390.00
Alamo Community College District Abstract Document PDFSan Antonio, TXTexas $1,000,000.00
American Association of Port Authorities Abstract Document PDFAlexandria, VANational $5,888,738.00
American Federation of Labor - CIO Abstract Document PDFWashington, DCNational $6,000,000.00
Argentum Abstract Document PDFAlexandria, VANational $5,991,235.00
Arizona Board of Regents, on behalf of Arizona State University Abstract Document PDFTempe, AZArizona $1,999,285.00
Arkansas Division of Higher Education Abstract Document PDFLittle Rock, ARArkansas $2,000,000.00
Colorado Community College System Abstract Document PDFDenver, COColorado $2,000,000.00
Electrical Training Alliance Abstract Document PDFBowie, MDNational $5,998,953.00
Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association Abstract Document PDFTallahassee, FLCalifornia, Florida $6,000,000.00
Goodwin College, Inc. Abstract Document PDFEast Hartford, CTConnecticut $2,000,000.00
Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP) Abstract Document PDFNew York, NYNational $4,000,000.00
Idaho State Board of Education Abstract Document PDFBoise, IDIdaho $1,998,139.00
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana Abstract Document PDFIndianapolis, INIndiana $3,977,255.00
Missouri Chamber Foundation Abstract Document PDFJefferson City, MONational $6,000,000.00
North Carolina State University Abstract Document PDFRaleigh, NCNational $5,999,799.00
Oakland Community College Abstract Document PDFAuburn Hills, MIMichigan $4,000,000.00
Regents of the Univ. of CO/Univ. of CO Colorado Springs Abstract Document PDFColorado Springs, CONational $5,996,713.00
Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner Abstract Document PDFWarwick, RINational $1,000,000.00
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation, Inc Abstract Document PDFAlexandria, VAIllinois $972,000.00
Southern Utah University Abstract Document PDFCedar City, UTNational $3,977,088.00
Southwest Tennessee Community College Abstract Document PDFMemphis, TNArkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee $998,405.00
The Regents of the University of California (Davis) Abstract Document PDFDavis, CACalifornia, Nevada $5,492,408.00
The Regents of the University of California (Riverside) Abstract Document PDFRiverside, CACalifornia $999,501.00
University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. Abstract Document PDFLouisville, KYKentucky, Missouri $3,999,999.00
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Abstract Document PDFWhitewater, WIWisconsin $1,999,961.00
Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) Abstract Document PDFArlington, VANational $5,997,096.00
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership Abstract Document PDFMilwaukee, WIWisconsin $1,998,251.00