Founded in March 2022, Apprenticeships for America (AFA) is a nonprofit organization aimed at helping the United States bring registered apprenticeships to the scale experienced by other advanced economies, such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

The AFA has a multi-pronged strategy for building a robust, sustainable apprenticeship system that includes research, advocacy, and grassroots mobilization. This includes:

• Create an American apprenticeship network that enhances collaboration among intermediaries, employers, service providers, schools, and other apprenticeship sponsors, labor representatives, and researchers. The organization is focused on strengthening the role of intermediaries such as unions, business services companies, industry associations, staffing companies, nonprofits, and government agencies, which has been demonstrated in other countries to have the potential to organize and sell apprenticeship programs to employers.
• Play a lead role in unleashing the potential of registered apprenticeships to significantly widen access to rewarding careers and benefit millions of American workers.

The leadership team of the AFA includes former U.S. Department of Labor officials, state policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders.

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