While the apprenticeship landscape is vast and often confusing, one scalable solution that can help simplify registration processes and streamline regional stakeholder engagement includes partnering with a regional apprenticeship intermediary network. Regional apprenticeship intermediary networks provide apprenticeship providers with access to a myriad of supports. They include connections to local employers; group exchanges of best practices to ensure the success and inclusiveness of apprenticeship programs; strategies for engaging required stakeholders, such as labor, government, or other education providers; and a community of peers to ask questions.
A new report from Jobs for the Future aims to address this priority by providing actionable insights on how to model California’s system of Registered Apprenticeship regional intermediaries, ensuring readiness and adaptability in the evolving landscape of apprenticeship funding and support, to build networks that can advance apprenticeship partner and program unity across various regions. These networks can enable the alignment of educational programs with industry needs, foster streamlined employer engagement efforts, increase inclusivity by actively engaging and supporting populations explicitly or implicitly not represented in apprenticeship programs, and facilitate resource optimization.