New Hampshire: State of the State

New Hampshire OA Office Details

 

Wynn B. Young, State Director (SD)

J.C. Cleveland Federal Building

55 Pleasant Street, Room #3505

Concord, NH 03301

 

• 225-1446 wynn.b@dol.gov

 

Ryan R. Gould, State Apprentice Training Representative (ATR)

 

Office of Apprenticeship

Room 3503, Cleveland Building

55 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301

603-225-1444

Gould.Ryan.R@dol.gov

 

Key Initiatives

 

• Expand registered apprenticeships in health care, advanced manufacturing, automotive technology; biomedical technology; business and finance; construction and infrastructure; hospitality, and information technology.

 

• Engage in systems-building initiatives that further the interests of expanding registered apprenticeships in targeted industries.

 

• Support the efforts of grantees leveraging apprenticeship models to meet the needs of NH’s employers.

 

• Increase workforce development partnerships to leverage resources effectively.

 

FY 2024 End of Year Statistics

 

New Programs: 56

Active Programs: 495

 

New Occupations: 18

New Apprentices: 1512

Active Apprentices: 3224

Completed Apprentices: 556

 

Workforce Partnerships and Investments

 

ApprenticeshipNH/Community College System of NH (CCSNH): In November of 2016, the Community College System of New Hampshire received its first grant, a State Apprenticeship Expansion (SAE) grant to expand registered apprenticeships in NH. In 2018, CCSNH became a sub-recipient of the Expanding Community College Apprenticeship Grant (ECCA) focused on biotechnology, automotive technology, business, and finance. In 2019, CCSNH received the Apprenticeship State Expansion grant to focus on pre-apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, and registered apprenticeship models. In 2022, CCSNH was awarded an Apprenticeship Building America (ABA) grant to fund registered apprenticeship hubs and in 2023 the State

 

 

Apprenticeship Expansion Formula (SAEF). The total funding of the ApprenticeshipNH initiative is $12.07M with 99% funded through the following U.S. Department of Labor-Employment and Training Administration grants in the amounts indicated: State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula (SAEF) $3.77M and Apprenticeship Building America (ABA) $5.8M. Additional support of less than 1% is provided by third party scholarship grants. https://apprenticeshipnh.org/

 

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Workforce Readiness Institute D-HWRI and Mary Hitchcock Hospital: One of New Hampshire’s largest and longest running apprenticeship programs received the H1B Rural Healthcare Grant to expand opportunities for healthcare apprenticeship in rural NH. The Rural Health Careers Program is funded 66.5% through an H1-B $2,500,000 grant and 33.5% by a $1,267,392 WORC grant from the US Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration. https://dhwri.org/rural-health-careers-grant/

 

University of New Hampshire (UNH), Institute on Disability, Building Futures Together (BFT): In 2020, Building Futures Together received the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) grant to prepare 98 paraprofessionals in healthcare and school settings to provide specialized enhanced care coordination to children, youth and their caregivers whose parents are impacted by opioid use disorders (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD).

 

In 2024 UNH, Institute on Disability, Building Futures Together began the implementation of BFT 2.0 and will prepare an additional 78 paraprofessionals. https://iod.unh.edu/projects/building-futures-together

 

Southern NH Area Health Education Center (AHEC): In 2023, Southern NH AHEC received the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) grant to train Community Health Workers (CHW). https://www.snhahec.org/chw-advance.html

 

Community Action Partnership of Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties: The Early Childhood Apprenticeship Program is designed to recruit early childhood educators and connect them with apprenticeships that support investing in education while providing on-the-job experience. https://www.caphr.org/services/early-childhood-apprenticeship-program