Apprenticeships

The United States is experiencing a widening skills gap between what potential employees have and what employers are looking for. FHI 360 believes apprenticeships can be a solution to this skills gap, providing a pathway to fulfilling careers that benefits employers, employees and the entire workforce system. FHI 360 seeks to expand awareness of and access to apprenticeships, so more people in the U.S. can pursue career opportunities.

Implemented by our National Institute for Work and Learning (NIWL), our programs:

• Align employers, career seekers, and workforce development boards to ensure comprehensive service delivery that benefits all parties.
• Cultivate partnerships with employers and local service organizations to design curricula that meet the needs of both employees and employers, resulting in higher employee retention.
• Provide an evidenced-based model and approaches grounded in positive youth development.
• Create and share resources and promising practices with the workforce development field.

In our efforts to create alternative pathways to entry and to break down barriers to entry in the field of youth development, we launched the Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship Program (YDPA).