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Workforce Training Platform for Arkansas
Craft Connect helps local sponsors, workforce boards, and educators align with regional opportunities, fostering talent in growing sectors amid population booms and low unemployment.
Features
Built for Arkansas
Designed with Arkansas’s workforce leaders to deliver measurable results across priority sectors.
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Problems & Opportunities in AR
Problems & Opportunities
Arkansas’ Workforce Model Is Unique
- 10 Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDAs) and multiple partners to coordinate.
- OSD grants&WIOA require employer alignment, verified placements, and compliant reporting.
- Fast-moving initiatives (e.g., HIRED&LAUNCH) demand real-time skills/placement data.
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Grant-Ready, Apprenticeship-Ready, Arkansas-Ready
Craft as the Bridge to Good Data
Grant-Ready, Apprenticeship-Ready, Arkansas-Ready
- Grant Alignment — /Capture placements, wages, employer demand signals; export OSD-friendly summaries for proposals and closeouts.
- Board & Region Reporting — Map outcomes to AWDB metrics and LWDA plans.
- WIOA Compliance Support — Keep data tidy for WIOA partners (Adult, DW, Youth; WP; Adult Ed; ARS; Services for the Blind).
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Aligned with Arkansas's Workforce Leaders
Reports for Compliance & ROI
Built for Arkansas’s Workforce Ecosystem
- Arkansas Workforce Connections (Commerce)
- Office of Skills Development
- Arkansas Workforce Development Board (AWDB)
- CEWD Board
- ADHE
- AEDC
- NCRC
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Powering Programs Across Priority Sectors
Opportunities Across the Workforce
Powering Programs Across Priority Sectors
- Advanced Manufacturing & Semiconductors — Employer MOUs + pipeline tracking; HIRED backs industry-aligned training.
- Healthcare — Track clinical hours → placement; OSD awards emphasize care workforce.
- Skilled Trades & CDL — Programs expanding (e.g., CDL/welding); prove wage gains.
- Cyber & Data/IT — HIRED supports cyber/data pathways; align training → job.
- Skills-Based Hiring — Connect outcomes to LAUNCH (skills/credential matching).
See The Momentum
Arkansas State is investing in your workforce, and Craft provides the free platform that enables you to track all work-based learning & apprenticeships.
HIRED training grants
$48M
to statewide partners
ArFuture covers
STEM/high-demand
certificate & associate programs at public institutions
A&D/manufacturing pathways
$5.0M
grow high‑demand technical tracks. Great for aerospace/defense emphasis.
Built for Funding, Built for Outcomes
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The Free Apprenticeship Platform for AR
Craft offers a free platform with the option of additional support for those who need it. Our mission is your goal - better training programs and easy tracking.
Standard Setup
Free
This is great for organizations who already have programs and just need to get it organized.
Six weeks of support calls with our team.
Admin Training
Help Center Access
OTJ Tracker
Free
No subscription. No required add-ons. Our easy-to-use platform to track any training program.
Mobile-friendly
Natural language report generation
User roles & permissions
WIOA-ready reporting
Tailore Setup
$5,000
A one-time fee for partners with extra needs.
Everything from standard setup
Full platform access
Tailored schedule up to 12 weeks
Admin, evaluator, and learner training
Testimonials
The platform allows multiple stakeholders to monitor workplace activities and provide specific feedback aligned to workplace competencies. This has enabled us to collaborate with employers and ensure we focus on preparing candidates to meet or exceed real workplace expectations.
Malekah Salim-Morgan
Dean at Reach Teachers College
"I would just say that the process we have been following along with [...] is perfect. I see where this is going. So you're doing a great job, ma’am. We appreciate you.”
Allen Haynes
ESC 19
"Victoria Lawrence has been extremely helpful in providing our team with individualized assistance. From determining how to set up our platform to early troubleshooting, she has been incredibly helpful, and very timely in communication."
Sean Elliott
DC OSSE
"I've never seen any company that I've worked with that has the response time that you guys do, so that is absolutely phenomenal and very impressive. I tell everyone who. I've talked to everyone about just how amazing you two were, so I appreciate you, and it made my project go so much quicker, so thank you."
RAP Sponsor Partner
“Craft is the only place we document standards progress. Their platform gives us the credibility we need with the DOL and the districts. A spreadsheet can’t do that.”
Gina Zuberbier
Program Manager, MI Talent Together
"Reflecting on year one outcomes from Talent Together, I see that so much of it would not have been possible without Craft. The pipeline for apprentices is REAL here in Michigan. Between Cohorts 1 and 2, we are adding over 1,350 teachers to the educator workforce pipeline."
Jack Elsey
Founder & CEO, Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative
The Free Apprenticeship Management Platform for Arkansas
Craft is the data platform for work-based learning & apprenticeships. We provide easy-to-use tools for learners and administrators, with built-in rubrics and approvals that give program directors the tools to prove long-term impact.
- Easy to Use
- Learner-Focused
- Compliance Ready
- Save hundreds of hours of administrative work
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