These formal job-training programs allow potential workers to bypass traditional requirements such as college degrees and directly enter the workforce. And that's why we've been advocating funding for training organizations or what we call apprenticeship intermediaries, to work with companies to help them get started." Last summer the White House passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which grants funding to several industries that rely heavily on skilled labor like infrastructure, manufacturing and more. As the U.S. economy faces skill shortages in a wide range of industries, these on-the-job training programs could become essential to the new American economy. Watch the video above to learn more about America's need for more highly skilled and trained employees and how the changing apprenticeship model could help fill that gap.

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Persons: Robert Lerman, we've Organizations: American Health Association, National Center for Educational Statistics, Associated Builders and Contractors, Urban Institute Locations: U.S