Apprenticeship Tennessee Awarded $5.9 Million to Develop State’s Rural Workforce  

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded Apprenticeship Tennessee nearly $6 million to increase capacity of Registered Apprenticeship and state-certified pre-apprenticeship programs across the state. The newly awarded, highly competitive grant will be used to develop Tennessee’s workforce in rural and underserved areas, expanding career pathways for a new generation of talent. 

The funding includes a $5 million grant for State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula (SAEF), with an additional $939,312 from the grants awarded to all 50 states. Over the course of three years, part of the funding will go toward piloting career and technical education (CTE) integration with a goal to reach over 1,500 participants, enrolling over 1,000 participants in Registered Apprenticeships and about 150 participants in high-school level programming including pre-apprenticeships. Read the full press release.