RIDE wins $100K grant to develop career-readiness plan

GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO said that the state Department of Education received a $100,000 grant to develop a career-readiness plan for young people.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO said that the state Department of Education received a $100,000 grant to develop a career-readiness plan for young people. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PROVIDENCE – The state Department of Education has received a $100,000 grant to create a career-readiness plan for young people, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced this week.
“To prepare our kids for success in the workforce of tomorrow, we have to do everything we can to ensure that Rhode Island high-school graduates build the skills that matter for jobs and careers that pay,” Raimondo said in a statement. “We are pleased and grateful to receive the New Skills for Youth planning grant, which will help us focus and advance our efforts toward aligning our career-and-technical system with the most rapidly growing fields in the Rhode Island economy. This work will benefit Rhode Island students, families and the business and industry community.”
According to a news release, RIDE will use the grant to ensure that:

  • Career-and-technical education programs in the state are aligned with industry standards, so that students will graduate from these programs with industry-recognized credentials, ready to begin their careers;
  • Rhode Island continues to expand and develop career-preparation programs in the areas most likely to grow in the Rhode Island economy;
  • Experts with experience and expertise in various business and industry fields will have pathways through which they could receive certification in order to teach students in career-technical programs.

Rhode Island is among 24 states and the District of Columbia that received grants through phase one of the New Skills for Youth grant opportunity.
Grants are part of the $75 million, five-year initiative developed by JPMorgan Chase in partnership with the Council of Chief State School Officers, a nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education, and Advance CTE, a national nonprofit that represents state directors and leaders responsible for secondary, postsecondary and adult career technical education.

Said Education Commissioner Ken Wagner, “Rhode Island families are eager for career-technical education programs that prepare their children for postsecondary education, careers, the workforce, and life.”

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