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DEW highlights apprenticeship growth and employer-backed EvolveSC grants
Summary
Stanton told the committee that apprenticeships, earn-and-learn models and the EvolveSC grant program have strong employer demand; EvolveSC required employer commitment plus a training provider and local workforce board and had more applicants than funding, with outcomes pending.
Lawmakers and public members praised local apprenticeship efforts and asked whether the department is connecting business-sector gap analyses to regional workforce plans. Cheryl Stanton said businesses are participating in regional sector strategy teams and pointed to apprenticeship growth in Charleston as an example of local success.
Stanton described EvolveSC, a State Workforce Development Board grant program that funds training when an employer commits to interviewing or hiring graduates and a training provider is attached. She said the program attracted more applications than available funding and that outcome data were still pending, but that the structure—employer commitment plus an industry-recognized credential—produced strong employer interest.
