1. Building Registered Apprenticeship Pathways: Highlights of the YouthBuild Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit
Webinar Date: March 8, 2016
Presented by:
Division of Youth Services – YouthBuild
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration

2. Enter your location in the Chat window – lower left of screen
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3. Moderator
Toni Wilson
Workforce Analyst
U.S. Department of Labor #

4. Here’s what you can expect to get out of this webinar!
Review program strategies that lead to apprenticeship pathways
Discuss partnerships with apprenticeship sponsors
Describe tools in the Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit #

5. 3. Developing apprenticeship pathways through partnerships
Agenda
1.The context for greater opportunity for apprenticeships in construction
2. TEN and YouthBuild
3. Developing apprenticeship pathways through partnerships
4. A case study for partnership development: Operation Fresh Start in Madison, Wisconsin
5. Introducing the Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit #

6. Presenters Brian McMahon Program Director, YouthBuild
Daryl Wright
Vice President, Employer Partnerships
YouthBuild USA
Brian McMahon
Program Director, YouthBuild
Operation Fresh Start #

7. Spotlight on Registered Apprenticeship
YouthBuild is defined as a pre-apprenticeship pathway program for Registered Apprenticeship in accordance with TEN
President Obama in 2014 called on the U.S. Department of Labor to double the number of registered apprenticeships within five years, as well as to expand Registered Apprenticeships into additional industries beyond construction. #

8. YouthBuild Perfectly Positioned Under WIOA
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) includes an emphasis on career pathways and apprenticeships and a greater focus on serving out-of-school youth.
WIOA indicates a clear need for increased opportunities for pre-apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship pathways. #

9. YOUTHBUILD!
YouthBuild is perfectly positioned to help the workforce system meet this need. #

10. Supporting Resources for YouthBuild
HUD Section 3 Partnership
Registered Apprenticeship Federal and State Contacts
American Apprenticeship Grants
YouthBuild Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit: Today’s Topic! #

11. HUD Section 3
HUD Section 3 eligibility gives YouthBuild participants priority status to be hired on HUD-funded construction projects.
YouthBuild is specifically identified in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD’s) Section 3 regulations.
In Section 3, contractors are encouraged to work with YouthBuild programs and participants when working on Federally-funded HUD projects. Contractors and registered apprenticeship sponsors that hire YouthBuild graduates will increase the competitiveness of their proposals when bidding on HUD-funded construction projects.
Please note that this new provision does not remove the Davis-Bacon Act requirements, nor does any part of WIOA revise Davis-Bacon requirements, around the payment of prevailing wages on Federally-funded housing construction projects. #

12. Registered Apprenticeship Contacts
Locate
Registered Apprenticeship Programs
Visit and click the “Apprenticeship Sponsors Database” link.
Contact
State Apprenticeship Offices
Visit to find the apprenticeship office in your state.
Reach out to
Registered Apprenticeship State and Local contacts #

13. American Apprenticeship Grants
U.S. Department of Labor awarded $175 million to 46 applicants through its American Apprenticeship grant competition on September 9, 2015.
The 46 grantees have each committed to expanding apprenticeship programs into new and growing industries, to align apprenticeships with further education and career advancement, and to scale proven apprenticeship models that work.
DOL is interested in connecting YouthBuild programs to these American Apprenticeship grants, some of which have been awarded to parent organizations that also run YouthBuild programs. #

14. Pre-Apprenticeship as a Stepping Stone
Pre-Apprenticeship prepares people for success in registered apprenticeship
Quality pre-apprenticeship defined in TEN 13-12

15. TEN 13-12: Six Program Strategies
1. Approved training and curriculum
2. Meaningful hands-on training
3. Strategies for long-term success #

16. TEN 13-12: Six Program Strategies
4. Access to support services
5. Greater use of registered apprenticeship
6. Facilitated entry or articulation #

17. Choose all answers that apply
Polling Question
Which of these strategies are you implementing at your YouthBuild program?
Choose all answers that apply
Approved training and curriculum
Meaningful hands-on training
Strategies for long-term success
Access to support services
Partnership with an apprenticeship sponsor #

18. Case Study: Operation Fresh Start Video
YouthBuild Pathways to Registered Apprenticeship: Accessing support services #

19. Special Guest: Brian McMahon, Operation Fresh Start

20. Introducing the Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit!

21. Promising Practice Areas in the Toolkit
Recruitment, Preparation, and Assessment
Successful transitions: exiting YouthBuild, entering Registered Apprenticeship
Partnerships with apprenticeship sponsors and others
Leveraging HUD Section 3 guidelines to facilitate entry into the construction industry #

22. Promising Practice Area: Recruitment, Preparation, and Assessment
Recruit students who have an interest in construction
Address the challenges that underrepresented groups, such as women, may face in the industry from day one
Organize experiences that simulate industry conditions early in the program to identify participants with the aptitude to pursue careers in the construction industry.
Develop specific and measurable benchmarks on important knowledge, skills, and abilities that track to career success #

23. Engage apprenticeship sponsors in training YouthBuild students
Promising Practice Area: Recruitment, Preparation and Assessment (con’t)
Formulate assessment tools with apprenticeship sponsors to evaluate readiness for entry into Registered Apprenticeship
Engage apprenticeship sponsors in training YouthBuild students
Establish advisory structures for ongoing program improvement #

24. Promising Practice Area: Successful Transitions
Offer consistent, goal-oriented case management services from day one
Ask students to articulate their goals for the future
Organize regular interdepartmental conversations about students #

25. Promising Practice Area: Successful Transitions (con’t)
Co-enroll students with workforce development agencies to provide access to follow-up services
Partner with agencies and businesses that can provide opportunities for students to earn driver’s licenses
Use AmeriCorps Education Awards as a resource to pay for tuition and tools required for apprenticeship #

26. Engage local workforce development agencies in partnership development
Promising Practice Area: Partnerships with Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors and Others
Engage local workforce development agencies in partnership development
Meet with partners on a regular basis
Clarify the purpose of each partnering organization #

27. Involve YouthBuild participants and alumni in partnership development
Promising Practice Area: Partnerships with Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors and Others (con’t)
Involve YouthBuild participants and alumni in partnership development
Create multiple entry points for apprenticeship sponsors to engage with YouthBuild participants
Establish a partnership table that includes more than one apprenticeship sponsor #

28. Promising Practice Area: Leveraging HUD Section 3
Build relationships with contractors on Section 3 projects
Include YouthBuild as part of a community job development strategy
Enlist contractors to participate in job-shadowing experiences with YouthBuild students
Become designated as a Section 3 business #

29. Open Chat
What are you doing to get YouthBuild graduates into registered apprenticeship? #

30. Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit
Resources
Registered Apprenticeship Toolkit
Please log into Workforce3One to access the Toolkit. #

31. Resources
Apprenticeship Fact Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions –
New Apprenticeship Website –
HUD-DOL Fact Sheet on Registered Apprenticeships for YouthBuild Graduates – DOL_Factsheet.pdf
Pre-Apprenticeship: Pathways for Women into High-Wage Careers –
YouthBuild Webinar Series: Partnership Opportunities on HUD Construction Projects - #

32. Please enter your questions in the Chat Room!#

33. Speakers’ Contact Information
Daryl Wright
Vice President, Employer Partnerships
YouthBuild USA
Brian McMahon
Program Director, YouthBuild
Operation Fresh Start
Toni Wilson
Workforce Analyst, YouthBuild
Department of Labor #

34. Look for upcoming Webinars in this series!
April 21, Earth Day Celebration #