Arizona awards $3M in BuildItAZ grants across 10 apprenticeship programs

PHOENIX — Ten Arizona apprenticeship programs have been awarded $3 million total in grants from the BuildItAZ Apprenticeship Initiative, which has the goal to fill more than 20,000 construction jobs by 2030.

The grant was announced after the initiative was injected with its third round of funding in April 2025, which was also $3 million.

The following institutions were selected to receive the grant:

• Air Control Home Services
• Arizona Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc
• Arizona Western College
• Laborers’ Training & Retraining Trust Fund for Arizona
• Maricopa County Workforce Development Board
• Phoenix Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee
• Rummel Construction
• Sundt Construction
• Tucson Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee
• Western Electrical Contractors Association.

BuiltItAZ started up in 2023 and exists to “expand and promote high paying, fulfilling construction career pathways,” according to a press release.

Gov. Katie Hobbs said that the program helping apprenticeships thrive is also supporting “the foundation of Arizonans’ economic security and Arizona’s growth.”

The specific set of grantees this time around will focus on putting the new funds toward training more apprentices, hiring additional instructors, purchasing equipment and providing worker support.

Hobbs and the the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity jointly announced the award.

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