Registered Apprenticeship

Objective

The Office of Apprenticeship promotes, engages and assists industry in the development, expansion and improvement of Registered Apprenticeship. The program is designed to provide skilled workers required by U.S. employers and ensure the quality of all new and existing Registered Apprenticeship programs.

Who Can Apply

• U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
• U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
• Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
• Local
• State
• Territorial
• Tribal
• Other Special Disctrict Government
• Nonprofit Organization
• Not-for-Profit Organization
• For-Profit Organization

Employers, unions, labor-management, federal and state government entities, U.S. territories, public, private and quasi-public nonprofit institutions/organizations, and other workforce intermediaries can be eligible to start and maintain Registered Apprenticeship programs. The vast majority of programs are not funded by Federal grant funds. The OA and SAAs provide technical assistance. Entities eligible for funding associated with 17.285 are outlined within each discretionary announcement, and vary between vehicles. Eligible entities may include any of the following: 501 (c) organizations, educational organizations, state entities, tribal entities, municipal entities, for-profit entities. All applicants must meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the funding announcement to which they apply, and include current SAM.gov registration, DUNS registration among others. Please refer to each individual announcement to determine eligibility.

Who Benefits

• Adult (20 to 64)
• Senior Citizen (65+)
• Upper Secondary Education
• Non-university Higher Education
• University Higher Education
• Veteran (including dependents)
• U.S. Citizen
• Resident/Citizen of a U.S. Territory
• Active-Duty Service Person (including dependents

Eligible beneficiaries are defined by the individual grant program by funding opportunity.

Assistance Types

• Grant

Program Contact

apprenticeship.grants@dol.gov
2026930625