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Workforce Training Platform for Colorado
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 Colorado
Designed with Colorado's workforce leaders to deliver measurable results across priority sectors.
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Problems & Opportunities in CO
Problems & Opportunities
Colorado’s Workforce Model Is Unique
- 46 American Job Centers (CDLE Workforce Centers) deliver services locally.
- Opportunity Now: $89.5M across 96 grants; latest ~$7M to 8 projects training ~1,815 people.
- Just Transition: $15M+ since 2021; new grants open for coal-impacted regions.
- CAA (7 CCR 1108-1): pre-apprenticeship → RAP documentation and statewide oversight.
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Grant-Ready, Apprenticeship-Ready, Colorado-Ready
Craft as the Bridge to Good Data
Grant-Ready, Apprenticeship-Ready, Colorado-Ready
- Grant Alignment — Capture placements, wages, employer demand signals; export Opportunity Now/Just Transition–ready summaries for proposals and closeouts.
- Board & Region Reporting — Map outcomes to Workforce Centers/LWDBs and echo CWDC metrics and sector priorities.
- Apprenticeship & WIOA Support — Track hours/competencies; manage CAA documentation; keep data tidy for WIOA partners.
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Aligned with Colorado’s Workforce Leaders
Reports for Compliance & ROI
Built for Colorado’s Workforce Ecosystem
- CDLE — Employment & Training; statewide Workforce Centers (AJCs).
- CWDC — State workforce board; Talent Pipeline priorities.
- CAA — Colorado Apprenticeship Agency (registration/standards).
- OEDIT — Opportunity Now Colorado workforce innovation grants.
- OJT — Office of Just Transition for coal-impacted regions.
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Powering Programs Across Priority Sectors
Opportunities Across the Workforce
Powering Programs Across Priority Sectors
- Infrastructure & Construction — Employer MOUs + apprenticeship pipelines; prove wage gains.
- Behavioral Health — Training → placement tracking for high-need roles.
- Energy transition — support just transition communities and reskill workers into good jobs.
- Advanced Manufacturing & Semiconductors — Demand-aligned training; placement verification.
- IT/Cyber & Data — Skills-based pathways; align training → job outcomes.
- Healthcare — Clinical hours → placement; report outcomes to boards and funders.
See The Momentum
Colorade State is investing in your workforce, and Craft provides the free platform that enables you to track all work-based learning & apprenticeships.
Opportunity Now awards
$89.5M
awarded across 90+ grants since 2023; latest round focused on infrastructure & behavioral health.
Just Transition funding
New grants open
for coal-impacted communities; supports workforce & economic development projects.
Apprenticeships in Colorado
Statewide oversight (CAA)
centralized registration/compliance with expansion beyond construction into high-demand sectors.
Built for Funding, Built for Outcomes
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The Free Apprenticeship Platform for CO
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 Colorado
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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