Tag: Building Futures
DiPrete Engineering, Building Futures launch R.I.’s first land surveyor apprenticeship
CRANSTON – In recent times, it’s been difficult to find qualified field surveyors – both at DiPrete Engineering Associates Inc. and throughout the U.S.
It's a...
‘Demand for skilled workers is … exceptionally high.’
Construction careers are lucrative and rewarding, but recent trends suggest fewer people are pursuing these careers. In our experience, however, demand for access into...
BUILDING SUPPORT: Women growing in the trades
Catherine Pena was working two jobswith three little boys at home trying to make ends meet when a friend suggested working in the trades....
Costigan appointed CCRI’s new full-time president
CRANSTON – After two years leading the Community College of Rhode Island on an interim basis, Rosemary A. Costigan now has the president’s job...
CCRI partners with Building Futures on new apprenticeship readiness program
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is partnering with local apprenticeship support organization Building Futures on a new apprenticeship readiness program for...
United Way awards $1.5M in equity fund grants
PROVIDENCE – Fifteen organizations will share $1.5 million in grants from the Providence Equity Fund at the United Way of Rhode Island, the nonprofit...
Building Futures gets $3.7M in federal funding
PROVIDENCE – Building Futures, a nonprofit that works to leverage apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs as it expands pipelines to career opportunities for low-income communities...
DEM awards $218K for community engagement on climate change
PROVIDENCE – Six community groups will share $218,931 in grants for projects that will provide public engagement around Rhode Island's 2025 Climate Action Strategy,...
Class of their own: More employers partnering with local colleges
Although he had some experience working in construction, Kolby Gomes says learning the ins and outs of pipefitting was like studying a foreign language.
But...
New law: R.I. public colleges must plan for apprenticeships
A new state law requires public higher education institutions to establish ways of awarding academic credit to students who participate in registered apprenticeship programs.
“These...
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