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The document argues that the U.S. apprenticeship system has substantial under-participation among employers, especially small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), due to additional launch and implementation barriers. It proposes government strategies—targeted tax credits, new grant opportunities, focused technical assistance, modernization of registration, and better awareness of group programs—highlighting how policy design can reduce cost and administrative burdens and increase SMB engagement.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/how-governments-can-help-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-adopt-apprenticeship-programs/588020/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/how-governments-can-help-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-adopt-apprenticeship-programs/588020.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Bintang","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-19","2026-10-15",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":81},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"Why are Registered Apprenticeship programs considered beneficial in the document?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"They help employers meet talent needs and help workers gain skills for high-quality career pathways.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What key barrier prevents many SMBs from using apprenticeship programs?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The document points to extra barriers when launching and implementing apprenticeship programs, compounded by upfront and ongoing program costs.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What strategies does the document recommend to increase SMB participation?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It recommends targeted tax credits, new grant opportunities, focused technical assistance, modernizing the registration process, and facilitating greater awareness and participation in group programs.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},588020,1792210231,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":81,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":34,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},962085564381,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_6f874abed73319feea01a86fa6f0fab8","How Governments Can Help Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Adopt Apprenticeship Programs  \nAndrew Campbell  \nMay 2026  \nRegistered Apprenticeship programs are a proven solution1 for helping employers meet their talent needs and workers gain the skills to access high-quality career pathways (Kuehn et al. 2022). However, the relative size and level of investment in the United States’Registered Apprenticeship system lags behind many peer countries.2 Proponents of expanding the US apprenticeship system often focus on the number of apprentices and the public dollars invested, and less often on how many employers actively engage in the Registered Apprenticeship system. According to the US Department of Labor, approximately 150,000 employers sponsored or participated in the roughly 27,000 active apprenticeship programs in the US.3 This estimate shows that only a small fraction of the 6.3 million US employers with paid employees4 use apprenticeship programs to hire and train their workers.  \nThere is no data distinguishing how many apprenticeship sponsors are small or medium-sized businesses, with less than 500 employees. However, given the low estimated share of US employers overall participating in the apprenticeship system and the fact that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) account for 99.9 percent of all US businesses5 in 2022, SMBs represent a large group of untapped employers that could benefit from Registered Apprenticeship programs. This is compounded by evidence from evaluations (Sattar et al. 2020) and case studies (Arabandi, Boren, and Campbell 2021), which found extra barriers that small and medium-sized businesses face when launching and implementing apprenticeship programs.  \nTo help SMBs engage and participate in the Registered Apprenticeship system, state and federal governments should strategically target investments and supports that enable SMBs to access and benefit from Registered Apprenticeships. Taking lessons from partnerships with 15 SMBs in North and South Carolina over the past three years, this brief offers insights into the types of policies that most directly address the needs of SMBs.  \nThis brief recommends several strategies for removing barriers and boosting participation in apprenticeship among SMBs: targeted tax credits, new grant opportunities, focused technical assistance, modernizing the registration process, and facilitating greater awareness and participation in group programs.  \nSupporting Program Costs  \nLaunching and running an apprenticeship program can be a heavy lift for any employer. Although apprenticeshipshave a positive return on investment for most employers (Kuehn et al. 2022), employers first must bear the upfront costs of program design and then invest in ongoing program costs, including focusing supervisor time on training and mentorship. These costs can be particularly difficult for SMBs to overcome, because they have less bandwidth to engage in all elements of the apprenticeship process. States currently address this challenge through two primary avenues: discretionary grants and tax credits.  \nGrant Programs  \nDiscretionary grant programs support apprenticeship programs directly with cash incentives and subsidies to offset specific training, education, wage or other qualifying costs of an apprenticeship program. These programs are time-  \nlimited and generally intended to spur apprenticeship growth in strategic ways, such as for emerging industries, geographies, or apprentices from specific communities. Grant programs are generally not designed to be sustainable sources of funding for employers to operate apprenticeships but can help overcome the initial barriers of designing and piloting these programs.  \nBecause grant programs are administered by apprenticeship registration agencies or through third party intermediaries, the administrative burden of educating and connecting eligible employers with the available resources shifts from the employer to government staff and","cbCaijsEGGkQgHtj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijsEGGkQgHtj","pdf",146639,"English","# Introduction\n# Supporting Program Costs\n## Grant Programs\n## Tax Credits","[{\"question\":\"Why are Registered Apprenticeship programs considered beneficial in the document?\",\"answer\":\"They help employers meet talent needs and help workers gain skills for high-quality career pathways.\"},{\"question\":\"What key barrier prevents many SMBs from using apprenticeship programs?\",\"answer\":\"The document points to extra barriers when launching and implementing apprenticeship programs, compounded by upfront and ongoing program costs.\"},{\"question\":\"What strategies does the document recommend to increase SMB participation?\",\"answer\":\"It recommends targeted tax credits, new grant opportunities, focused technical assistance, modernizing the registration process, and facilitating greater awareness and participation in group programs.\"}]","How Governments Can Help Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Adopt Apprenticeship Programs | PDF",1792064054,18]