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Plan: Indiana PYs 2016-2017
Unified Plan U

Section: Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities

Narrative: b. 2.

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b. 2. Describe How the State Will Incorporate Registered Apprenticeship into Its Strategy and Services.

Current Narrative:

The state is actively involved in developing a full strategy for the implementation of registered apprenticeships throughout the state. The state will be working with the US DOL Office of Apprenticeship in Indiana to coordinate information, expansion and eligibility of apprenticeships in Indiana. As our economy continues to grow, Registered Apprenticeships are playing an increasingly important role with businesses across all industries by providing a pipeline of skilled workers to help them remain competitive. Many employers are increasing their use of Registered Apprenticeships as a “grow your own” strategy to increase and diversify their pipeline of skilled workers. This proven workforce strategy offers apprentices opportunities to earn a salary while they learn the skills employers demand in a variety of occupations.

Indiana has over 800 active apprenticeship programs and had over 11,000 active apprenticeships in 2015 (all statistics from Department of Labor - https://www.doleta.gov/OA/data_statistics.cfm). We are one of the largest apprenticeship states in the nation as far as size and number of programs available. Yet, like the rest of the nation, Indiana currently lacks much needed diversity and in terms of ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, and business sector roles. Indiana is uniquely suited to diversify and boost its current apprenticeships palette to fit the dynamic needs of the Indiana workforce.

Indiana, DWD specifically, recently received an ApprenticeshipUSA State Accelerator Grant and will pursue other opportunities such as the ApprenticeshipUSA State Expansion Grant in order to grow and expand apprenticeships throughout the state. In order to accomplish this, we intend to work with Indiana’s USDOL Office of Apprenticeships and other key stakeholders to:

  • Identify ways to integrate registered apprenticeship into state education and workforce systems (i.e. WIOA)
  • Engage industry and other partners to expand apprenticeship to new sectors and new populations at scale
  • Conduct outreach and work with employers to start new programs
  • Identify ways to promote greater inclusion and diversity in apprenticeship