President Trump and Governor Newsom agree on at least one thing: Apprenticeships are the best path to employability for at-risk youth.
Can Apprenticeship Programs in the juvenile camps achieve rehabilitation?
Governor Newsom has called for 500,000 apprentices by 2029 in his Master Plan for Career Education in which he endorsed apprenticeships 50 times. President Trump called for 1,000,000 apprentices.
Both leaders urge employers to train participants such occupations as construction, medical and legal assistants, bookkeepers, and Human Resource specialists. Minimum wages and college credits are often available in our program. And yet, the Los Angeles Probation Oversight Commission in 2022 found that: “ The most consistent observation and recommendation made by Commissioners relate