About & Services
About REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS
Registered Apprenticeships are the gold standard of workforce development strategies and have been deployed as a proven approach to workforce development in many industries. H-CAP brings this powerful model to healthcare.
H-CAP serves as a national Industry Intermediary with the U.S. Department of Labor providing technical assistance, subject matter expertise, shareable resources, and capacity building infrastructure.
H-CAP was designated by the US DOL as an Apprenticeship Ambassador in May 2023, enabling us to actively promote the progress, expansion, and improvement of registered apprenticeship programs.
H-CAP is dedicated to fostering a diverse workforce nationwide through our contributions and involvement in workforce development.
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Services
H-CAP offers a myriad of services to support new and expanding Registered Apprentice Programs. H-CAP also manages The National Center for Healthcare Apprenticeships which is a sponsor for an ever-increasing number of healthcare occupations.
H-CAP’s services include, but are not limited to:
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Provide technical assistance to develop Registered Apprenticeship Programs
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A connection point with the USDOL Office of Apprenticeship or State Apprenticeship Agency
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Develop On-The-Job Learning competencies
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Partner with secondary and post-secondary educational providers
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Partner with regional and local workforce systems to assist in funding and other resources
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Work on strategies to recruit and retain workforce
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Build Registered Apprenticeship with an equity lens
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Provide incentive funding to help launch programs
H-CAP provides services to union employers, non-union employers, labor management training partners, education, workforce development boards, associations and other stakeholders to develop apprenticeship programs.
GOALS
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Increase the supply of skilled healthcare workers for a changing healthcare delivery system
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Reduce turnover and related costs
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Build internal training capacity and creating opportunity to focus on competency: highly flexible and customizable
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Allow for non-traditional approaches to workforce education with real career pathways
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Create accessible advancement opportunities for women, people of color, immigrants, and experienced low-wage workers
Registered Apprenticeship programs are successful because they respond to changing industry demands by gathering direct input from employers, unions, education partners, and workers to create competency-based programs meeting current industry needs and build the healthcare workforce of the future.