New Report: Advancing Pre-Apprenticeship Programming through National Service

Posted by Service Year Alliance on October 24, 2023

Check out our new report, Advancing Pre-Apprenticeship Programming through National Service,” where we identify strategies and promising practices to support national service programs interested in aligning and engaging with pre-apprenticeship training.

Jobs for the Future, Next100, and Service Year Alliance partnered to create this report to elevate strategies and promising practices to support national service programs interested in aligning their models with pre-apprenticeship training. To develop this report, the authors interviewed the staff of a variety of national service programs who have aligned their models with pre-apprenticeship programming, as well as relevant state service commission staff, national service advocacy organizations, and federal policymakers. The field-informed findings and recommendations below offer an overview of the steps that national service stakeholders can take to engage in pre-apprenticeship and provide highlights from successful programs around the country. This report is broken into three parts: 1) strategies and tactics for national service programs, 2) recommendations for state service commissions to help them support programs in the field, and 3) recommendations for the AmeriCorps federal agency to help strengthen and expand opportunities for alignment with pre-apprenticeship training. This is not intended to be a comprehensive how-to guide; instead, the goal is to introduce national service stakeholders to the concept of pre-apprenticeship and its principles, as well as the various opportunities, partners, and practices that can be leveraged to expand post-service pathways for corps members.

View the full report.