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| 21 Jul 2026 | |
| Written by Harry Leech | |
| AFA Publications |
Apprenticeships for America (AFA) sees the development of a mature intermediary system as crucial to scaling apprenticeships in America. There are many shapes and forms of intermediaries: spanning public sector and private, for profit and not-for-profit. One promising and relatively unexplored model is staffing agencies.
This Field Briefing reviews the landscape of opportunity for harnessing America's $200 billion staffing industry to grow apprenticeship. It explores the fit between apprenticeship intermediary functions and capacities of staffing firms. And it offers examples of how staffing agencies todays are supporting apprenticeship activies of their customers. Ultimately, it will take policy simplification and stable funding to fully benefit from the integration of the staffing industry and apprenticeship. This report sets out how.
Download the full report here: Staffing Agencies and Apprenticeship Report
