In partnership with New America, the NGA Center will deliver technical assistance to the six states that were competitively selected to participate in the Policy Academy as they develop and implement policies that advance high-quality youth apprenticeship opportunities.
On August 16, 2023, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) held a convening in Washington, D.C., to launch the Policy Academy to Advance Youth Apprenticeship. State teams from Alabama, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, and Utah were on hand to share best practices and common challenges; engage with policymakers working on youth apprenticeship at the federal level; and begin working toward achieving their project goals.
To begin the day of programming, each state gave an overview of their current youth apprenticeship policy landscape and outlined their goals for the one-year project period. Multiple states in the cohort detailed their plans to codify a definition for youth apprenticeship – a key step toward establishing strong governance for youth apprenticeship, which has no federal definition. Other states, including some that have already defined youth apprenticeship in statute, covered the…
