Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship

Expanding youth apprenticeship is a strategy for building a more inclusive economy by connecting the learning needs of students with the talent needs of industry. The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) is a multi-year, collaborative initiative that supports states and cities in their efforts to expand access to high-quality apprenticeship opportunities as a mainstream postsecondary option for high school-age youth.

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The Partnership convenes and mobilizes the expertise, experience, and collective networks of national, state, and regional partners to:

• Support place-based partnerships to employ their first apprentices by awarding select grants with customized coaching, technical assistance, and a peer learning community with fellow grantees;
• Facilitate learning, innovation, and wide-scale adoption of best practices through the PAYA Network, a learning community of over 90 youth apprenticeship partnerships; and
• Strengthen the case and evidence base for youth apprenticeship to raise awareness and to mobilize policy, action and investment.

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