Mayor Gaylor Baird proclaims Apprenticeship Week in Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — This is Apprenticeship Week in Lincoln.

Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird read the proclamation on Wednesday, surrounded by staff from the American Job Center of Lancaster and Saunders Counties.

The center helps people find jobs and get career coaching and helps employers offset apprenticeship costs.

“If we have an individual that’s enrolled in our program, we can pay 50 to 75% of the wages that individual has if they’re in an apprenticeship program,” Workforce Administrator Dylan Wren said.

The job center, which is run by the city, is building a new facility near 14th and N Streets.

Staff said that the current one, near 11th and O, is hard to find and that the offices are too spread out.

The new building will be bigger, with more private space for meetings.

It is scheduled to open in January.