- How Apprenticeship Colorado Partners with the Workforce System
Apprenticeship Colorado partners with workforce centers across Colorado to support Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) by:
- Supporting diverse hiring and recruitment
- Offering funding and services to eligible apprentices to support their access and completion
- And supporting employers through a wide variety of business services
- How the Apprenticeship Hub Partners with Local Areas
The Colorado Apprenticeship Hub is a collaboration between the statewide workforce center system and Apprenticeship Colorado at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.
As a commitment to apprenticeship expansion in the state, the Colorado Apprenticeship Hub has Apprenticeship Consultants to coordinate apprenticeship services across regions.
Apprenticeship Consultants are available to assist with:
- Serving as the point of contact and connecting programs to their local workforce center for services
- Creating tools and processes with workforce centers to help the registered apprenticeship system in Colorado increase the capacity to serve both businesses and apprentices
- Coordinate regional activities with Navigators and local area staff to support RAP hiring and recruitment, apprentices with funding supports, connect RAPs to workforce services, and identify and refer businesses interested in registered apprenticeship
Apprenticeship Consultants
Apprenticeship Consultants: Apprenticeship Consultants will help make sure business services and career services representatives across the state understand how to talk about apprenticeships with employers and job seekers. Consultants work with local area staff to make sure employers, jobseekers, and Sponsors experience with workforce is smooth and encourages continued partnership.
- Arapahoe/Douglas, Adams, Jefferson
Kat Plaza
Contact: kplaza@arapahoegov.com
- Broomfield, Boulder, Larimer, Weld, Eastern Sub
Nancy Murray
Contact: nmurray@arapahoegov.com
- Denver
Casey Coghlan
Contact: ccoghlan@arapahoegov.com
- Mesa, Northwest Sub, Western Sub, Rural Resort Sub
TBD
Contact: BRosenberg@arapahoegov.com
- El Paso, Pueblo, Southwest Sub, South Central Sub, Upper Arkansas Sub, Southeast Sub
Carter Hill
Contact: chill@arapahoegov.com
Apprenticeship Navigators
Apprenticeship Navigators: Apprenticeship Navigators are responsible for serving as the expert in career service delivery , implementing regional-based outreach and engagement strategies, and working collaboratively with Consultants and local staff members to support RAP hiring and recruitment.
- Adams County
Noelle Glasser
Contact: nglasser@adcogov.org
- Arapahoe/Douglas County
Aracely Escalante
Contact: aescalante@arapahoegov.com
- Boulder County
Sophia Stephens
Contact: sstephens@bouldercounty.org
- Colorado Workforce Consortium
TBD
- Denver County
James Roina
Contact: james.roina@denvergov.org
Bret Walker
Contact: bret.walker@denvergov.org
- El Paso/Teller Counties
Orathai Corey
Contact: OrathaiCorey@elpasoco.com
- Jefferson, Clear Creek, & Gilpin Counties
Stephanie Betancourt
Contact: sbetanco@co.jefferson.co.us
- Larimer County
Andrew Minor
Contact: aminor@larimer.org
- Mesa County
Karen Sightler
Contact: karen.sightler@mesacounty.us
- Weld County
Jessica Norris
Contact: jnorris@weld.gov
Apprenticeship Resources for Business & Career Services Professionals
- Resources for Business Services
Business service professionals and the Apprenticeship Colorado Team support before, during, and after a program is launched. Here are some resources to understand the business services role in apprenticeship, how business services connect to apprenticeship, and what resources are available for employers.
- Funding Streams Desk Aid for WFC Staff: Up-to-date information on apprenticeship funding through workforce centers.
- CWDC Work-based Learning Resources and Funding: Compiled semi-annually, information on work-based learning resources and funding available through various agencies/government partners.
- Examples of Colorado Registered Apprenticeship Programs: Sample work processes of apprenticeship programs registered in Colorado.
- Resources for Career Services
Career service professionals support career seekers to understand, find and be successful in apprenticeship. Here are some resources to understand the career services role in apprenticeship, how career services professionals can help job seekers determine if apprenticeships are a good fit for them, and what resources are available to support job seekers in their search.
- A Guide to Apprenticeships for Partners: The go-to resource to provide guidance on registered apprenticeship for our valued partners who work with career seekers. Partners should use this guide to understand registered apprenticeship and how to connect career seekers to Apprenticeship opportunities in Colorado.
- Colorado Apprenticeship Resource Directory: A comprehensive resource list of RAPs developed by Apprenticeship Colorado and enacted by Senate Bill 19-171. Career coaches should use this as a reference, it does not indicate whether or not the program is actively accepting applications.
- Apprenticeship Directory Desk Aid: Guide for career services professionals working with students and job seekers on how to use the Directory to learn about existing Programs.
- Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL): Resource to indicate programs authorized to pay for individual training accounts (ITAs) for WIOA Title I Adults and Dislocated Workers in Colorado. RAPs are pre-approved to be on the ETPL and have streamlined reporting requirements. Pre-apprenticeships, unregistered collegiate and youth apprenticeships, and industry-recognized apprenticeship programs (IRAPS) are approved through standard procedures.
- Funding Streams Desk Aid for WFC Staff: Up-to-date information on apprenticeship funding through workforce centers.
- CWDC Work-based Learning Resources and Funding: Compiled semi-annually, information on work-based learning resources and funding available through various agencies/government partners.