Trees from Building Green Futures' nursery on Valley Street are headed for new homes! More than 90 trees, planted and maintained by program participants, were picked up on April 7th by the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program, an organization dedicated to creating a more robust and equitable urban forest in the city. Building
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Brown University invests in Rhode Islanders through workforce grants Building Futures is proud to be the recipient of one of two inaugural grants Brown, focused on funding RI's construction and education workforce. The grant funding will support a contractor incentive program; an apprenticeship readiness program for incarcerated individuals to support community reintegration and
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Thank you to everyone for another great Alumni Party! 2024-25 New Journeyworkers Jessica Botelho Jaylon Baker Ricardo Benitez Jessica Botelho Michael Mark Burgess James Candelario Tyrell Clarke Robert Griffin Kevin DaSilva Althea Dibiase Brandon Dwelly Juan Filpo Gerson Fontes-Fernandez Andrew Gomes
Congrats to our grads! On Friday, February 14, Building Futures celebrated its 46th graduation. The class included 4 Building Futures Inside graduates and 8 Building Green Futures grads. - - “You are a trailblazer. Graduates before you laid the path. You’ll lay the path for
The Ocean State is training the next generation of fishers through Registered Apprenticeship Registered Apprenticeship is not just for the skilled trades! More and more employers are using Registered Apprenticeship to build their workforce - and reaping big rewards. Working Nation updated their excellent video on the Commercial Fisheries Center Registered
“I don’t think anyone could have predicted a small seed investment in 2007 could yield thousands of careers for Rhode Islanders just a short period later.” This fall, Andrew Cortés, Building Futures' president & CEO, spent some time with David Cicilline for a thoughtful conversation about the power of apprenticeships on the
At this year's Apprenticeship Works celebration, we honored the RI Building and Construction Trades Council as the Innovation in Apprenticeship Award winner. We shared this video that champions our longstanding partnership and its impact. The video features RIBCTC President Michael Sabitoni and Building Futures' graduate, board
