Advancing Equity: The Case for Updating Apprenticeship Programs

Earlier this year, the Department of Labor issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to update the National Apprenticeship System to align registered apprenticeships to the evolving needs of workers, employers, and the economy.

December 15, 2023 | Report/Brief | Sapna Mehta

Roadmap to Equity: Ensuring Federal Infrastructure Investments Create Good Jobs for Women & People of Color

November 17, 2023 | Fact Sheet | Sapna Mehta

Learning While Earning: The National Apprenticeship Act

June 30, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Emily Andrews

CLASP Comments on DOT Docket No: DOT-OST-2023-0087-0002, Request for Information: Equity Action Plan Update, June 2023

Workers with low incomes struggle to stay employed and advance in their careers. A lack of basic skills, employer instability, and other barriers can lead to chronic unemployment or trap them in low-wage work. That’s why CLASP advocates for federal, state, and local policies that expand access to transitional jobs, which provide time-limited subsidies to businesses that hire workers with employment barriers. This enables employers to pay workers so they can learn on the job and develop marketable skills that will lead to higher-wage work.

Work-Based Learning and Subsidized Employment

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May 07, 2024 | Blog Post | Education, Labor & Worker Justice

Advancing Equity: The Case for Updating Apprenticeship Programs

May 25, 2023 | News Clip | Children, Youth & Families

Measuring Quality

August 12, 2022 | Press Release | Child Care and Early Education

Inflation Reduction Act Makes Big Advances but Leaves out Anti-Poverty Priorities

March 21, 2022 | Press Release | Adult and Postsecondary Education

Board of Trustees of the Center for Law and Social Policy Taps Indivar Dutta-Gupta as Executive Director

February 22, 2022 | Press Release | Adult and Postsecondary Education

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Receives Historic Donation

States want to coordinate TANF and WIOA

Low-income parents who participate in TANF need better, more accessible job training and support services to obtain family-sustaining work. To accomplish this, it’s important to coordinate TANF’s employment programs with federal workforce development services under WIOA. States are very interested in coordinating their programs, but progress has been slow.

Coordinating TANF & WIOA: High Interest, Slow Progress During Early Days of WIOA

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Report/Brief | December 15, 2023

Roadmap to Equity: Ensuring Federal Infrastructure Investments Create Good Jobs for Women & People of Color

Fact Sheet | November 17, 2023

Learning While Earning: The National Apprenticeship Act

Testimony/Comments | June 30, 2023

CLASP Comments on DOT Docket No: DOT-OST-2023-0087-0002, Request for Information: Equity Action Plan Update, June 2023

Report/Brief | April 26, 2023

Centering Youth Voices and Equity in a National Youth Subsidized Employment Program

Report/Brief | January 09, 2023

Addressing Economic Inequity with a Whole-of-Government Approach: Recommendations for Aligning Federal Subsidized Employment Investments

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Advancing Equity: The Case for Updating Apprenticeship Programs

Roadmap to Equity: Ensuring Federal Infrastructure Investments Create Good Jobs for Women & People of Color

Learning While Earning: The National Apprenticeship Act

CLASP Comments on DOT Docket No: DOT-OST-2023-0087-0002, Request for Information: Equity Action Plan Update, June 2023

Work-Based Learning and Subsidized Employment

New from CLASP

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