Craft provides a free cloud‑based data platform that consolidates enrollment, competency, and placement information from apprenticeships, teacher‑preparation, and technical education programs into a single, auditable repository. Role‑based access and built‑in analytics give providers, employers, and state agencies real‑time visibility and automated WIOA compliance reporting, while RESTful and GraphQL APIs enable integration with LMS, HRIS, and state systems.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Workforce education programs—including apprenticeships, teacher preparation, and career‑technical education—operate in isolated systems, requiring manual data entry, duplicate reporting, and extensive compliance tracking. This fragmentation creates high administrative overhead, limits real‑time visibility into learner outcomes, and hampers coordination among training providers, employers, and regulatory agencies, contributing to the skilled‑labor shortage.
Solution
Craft delivers a free, cloud‑based data platform that aggregates and normalizes information from work‑based learning, apprenticeship, and technical education programs into a single, auditable repository. The platform provides role‑based access so that providers, employers, and state agencies can view and update records in real time while maintaining WIOA and other regulatory compliance. Built‑in analytics generate outcome dashboards and audit‑ready reports that illustrate learner progress, program performance, and workforce impact without manual spreadsheet consolidation. Open APIs enable seamless integration with existing learning management systems, HRIS, and state reporting tools, creating a unified data infrastructure that reduces administrative effort and supports data‑driven workforce development strategies.
Target Audience
Primary users are apprenticeship administrators, teacher preparation program managers, workforce development boards, state labor agencies, and employers that sponsor work‑based learning pathways. The platform also serves healthcare talent development coordinators and CTE institutions seeking integrated reporting and compliance tools.
Features
- Centralized, schema‑driven data model that captures enrollment, hours logged, competency milestones, and placement outcomes across apprenticeships, teacher prep, healthcare talent pipelines, and CTE programs
- Role‑based access control and permission sets for providers, employers, and regulatory users to ensure data security and compliance
- Real‑time dashboards with configurable visualizations of program throughput, completion rates, and skill acquisition metrics
- Automated WIOA and state‑agency compliance checks with audit‑ready export formats (CSV, JSON, PDF)
- RESTful and GraphQL APIs for bidirectional data exchange with LMS, HRIS, and state reporting systems
- Secure, HIPAA‑compatible data storage with end‑to‑end encryption and regular backup snapshots
- No licensing fees; the platform is offered free of charge to all participating organizations
- Extensible plug‑in architecture allowing custom data fields and workflow automations for sector‑specific requirements