Bridge to Employment Pre-Apprenticeship Flyer

BTE is a two‑year experience designed to help students confidently move from high school to real opportunities in STEM careers. In the first year, students complete a structured 40‑hour STEM-focused pre‑apprenticeship that offers hands‑on activities and builds essential
foundational skills. This pre‑apprenticeship is aligned with registered apprenticeship pathways that students can pursue after graduation, but choosing an apprenticeship is completely optional. The pre‑apprenticeship empowers students with practical skills and meaningful experiences that open doors to future possibilities.

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Exploring Nursing Pathways eBook (Spanish)

Esta guía de carreras en enfermería te ayudará a determinar qué puedes hacer en la escuela secundaria para prepararte para una carrera en enfermería, a identificar las opciones educativas después de la secundaria para convertirte en enfermero(a), a comprender los distintos tipos de títulos en enfermería que puedes cursar y a echarle un vistazo a las responsabilidades diarias de algunas especialidades de la enfermería.

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Compass Rose Outcome Indicators Overview

FHI 360’s Institute for Work and Learning (IWL) provides support to education providers, workforce trainers, and their local partners to improve education and employment outcomes for youth aged 18-24 involved with the criminal legal system. Using a statistical lens, this document details the impact of IWL’s five U.S. Department of Labor-funded Compass Rose Collaborative re-entry programs operating between 2017 and 2024.

Next Engineers Overview

Next Engineers inspires young people to pursue engineering through hands-on activities, skills development, and career coaching. Funded by the GE Aerospace Foundation, the $45 million, 10-year program equips young people with the tools and the opportunity to advance along the pathway towards a career in engineering.

FHI 360’s team of education and workforce development experts designed programs to propel students towards further engineering education, developed a library of teaching and learning materials, and currently manages a network of organizations worldwide that delivers these programs alongside GE Aerospace and GE Vernova volunteers.

Second chances: Career coaching leads to fresh starts in Kentucky

For Second Chance month, we spoke to Olivia Murphy, who serves as senior career coach (and now youth program manager) for The Spot: Young Adult Opportunity Center in Louisville, KY. The story highlights how KentuckianaWorks navigates the challenges of life after incarceration, and how their impact encourages people to embrace second chances.

Read the full story to learn more.

2024 NIWL Annual Report

Our work in 2024 highlights our pivotal role in workforce development across the country. In fulfilling our mission to advance solutions in education and workforce systems, we establish partnerships, expand economic opportunities through work-based learning, foster employee engagement, and provide a comprehensive spectrum of services for learning and workforce development.

Read NIWL’s 2024 Annual Report to learn more about our work to strengthen our partners and forge connections so that we can all reach our fullest potential.

Just looking for the highlights? Check out our 2024 Infographic.

Honoring the Past to Empower the Future: Trauma-Informed and Healing-Centered Approaches to Caring for Youth in the Criminal Justice System

Honoring the Past to Empower the Future reviews the landscape of holistic and inclusive approaches to trauma-informed and healing-centered care for youth as implemented by tribal governments and organizations. Approaches that incorporate medicinal practices and cultural values, focus on the healing power of empathy, draw on the wisdom of elders and spiritual leaders, and embrace the rehabilitative potential of community engagement help to promote an environment of healing, recovery, and growth. Read the article to learn more.

Institute for Work and Learning Apprenticeships

FHI 360’s IWL Apprenticeships bring together experts in workforce development to expand existing nationally registered apprenticeship programs (RAPs), such as the Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship (YDPA) and develop new opportunities within the care economy such as youth services, peer support, substance-use counseling, and mental health counseling.

Upon completion, apprentices receive a nationally recognized credential from the U.S. Department of Labor. Read the fact sheet to learn more.

Breaking the Cycle: How Two YDPA Apprentices Are Healing Their Communities

“To me, that’s the biggest message with this apprenticeship — this is the perfect way to learn how to change lives.”

As we celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2024, we highlight two Lake County Youth Development Practitioner Apprentices who use their work to break the cycles of trauma and heal their communities: Luis Garcia Jr. and Jenessa Armstrong. Click here to read about their journeys in becoming the person they wanted to have in their corner growing up.

Careers in Trade eBook

The Careers in Trade guide is an interactive tool that will guide you through numerous trade-related career pathways. You will be provided the opportunity to explore careers in trade, various certification options, an insight into the roles and responsibilities of multiple careers in trade, and connection activities bridging academics and trades.