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Resources to Support the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act through Registered Apprenticeship
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), signed into law on November 15, 2021, includes significant investment to expand the workforce in the infrastructure industry and promotion of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship training programs to support large-scale infrastructure projects. States can use the IIJA funding to further registered apprenticeship expansion in the infrastructure sector.
On this page, you will find resources to help state apprenticeship expansion grantees develop strategies to support the registered apprenticeship programs aligned to state infrastructure strategies.
- Registered Apprenticeship and Opportunities to Leverage Infrastructure Investment Job Act Funding Webinar provides an overview of how states can assist the infrastructure industry with the creation of registered apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs to train new employees resulting from jobs created by this Act. State apprenticeship expansion grantees can learn how to braid funds to expand into new industries and occupations.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation administers funding for infrastructure projects related to IIJA. States can find resources and fact sheets on transportation projects and funding related to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
- The U.S Department of Transportation Fact Sheet on Highway Funding for Workforce Development describes opportunities for states to use funding through BIL to support apprenticeship and other workforce development projects.
- U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Transportation released Creating a Skilled and Diverse Workforce for Infrastructure Projects through Registered Apprenticeship Questions and Answers for State Transportation Agencies. The document provides information on funding, state partnerships, and using apprenticeship to support infrastructure projects.
- The National Governors Association has compiled a list of IIJA Implementation Resources including a guidebook and calendar of upcoming IIJA funding opportunities.
- The National Telecommunications and Information Administration administers grant programs that further the deployment of broadband including the implementation of programs funded by this Act.
- Fact Sheet on Accessing the Investing in America Agenda to Support Your Grant Program details how grantees can leverage the IIA to support and sustain their programs by accessing new funding and working with employers to develop RAPs
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- Resource Publication Date: 2022
- Posted by: Jon Vehlow
- Posted in: State Apprenticeship Grants