No Host Site fee
There is no application or apprentice-placement fee. Normal employer expenses—including wages, payroll, insurance, tools, and supervision—still apply.
South Bend, Indiana Host Site Network
Grow your South Bend shop while developing paid apprentice talent
Elevate provides the related instruction, onboarding workflow, hours and competency systems, and sponsor oversight. Your shop employs, pays, and supervises the apprentice in an approved work environment.
Check Host Site eligibilityOne compliance workspace
Track onboarding, attendance, OJL hours, competencies, documents, and requested corrections in the secure Host Shop portal.
Conditional workforce support
Eligible employers and participants may qualify for pre-authorized WorkOne OJT wage reimbursement. Approval is not automatic.
Planning tool
Estimate wages that may be eligible for reimbursement
This estimates gross training wages and a 50% planning scenario. It is not an award or eligibility decision. WorkOne must approve the employer, participant, training plan, rate, hours, and start date in writing before covered training begins.
Estimated gross training wages
$5,400.00
50% planning scenario
$2,700.00
How approval works in South Bend
Apply and upload
Submit one application with business, supervisor, license, insurance, workers’ compensation, and identity records.
Verify and onboard
Elevate reviews the worksite and occupation fit, then opens conditional portal onboarding and required agreements.
Match and supervise
After approval and a suitable match, employ the apprentice and verify hours and competencies through the portal.
Published Host Sites in South Bend
Elevate supports barbershops, cosmetology salons, esthetics businesses, and nail salons seeking an apprenticeship Host Site pathway in South Bend, St. Joseph County, and nearby communities including Mishawaka, Granger, Elkhart. Placement and funding depend on documented eligibility, current capacity, and written authorization.