Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Graduation June 2021
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Apprenticeship Career Pathways
"The best thing about apprenticeship is everything I have learned. I’m getting to see everything there is from beginning to end. As the years go on I’ll get to learn more details and I’ll get to run things and do things on my own."  Rebecca White, Apprentice Electrician, Local 99 Learn More About Trades
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New, Innovative Early Childhood Educator Registered Apprenticeship for Family Child Care Providers
April 12, 2021 For Immediate Release Contact: Kursten Holabird, [email protected] The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Education and Support Fund, SEIU 1199New England, the Rhode Island Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), and Building Futures launched a new, innovative early childhood educator registered apprenticeship program. The
2020 National Apprenticeship Week
 Rhode Island Apprenticeship Week Message from Governor Raimondo Read the Proclamation Read the NGA Report Rhode Island Apprenticeship Week Message from our Executive Director As we celebrate Rhode Island (and National) Apprenticeship Week, our work to expand Registered Apprenticeship has never been
Our Strategy to Address the Opioids Crisis
1.Training for Industry Workers: When statewide data showed that opioids related overdose deaths were particularly prevalent in Rhode Island’s construction industry, Building Futures partnered with the RI Building and Construction Trades Council and the RI Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. The outcome? A hands-on training that gives leaders and industry workers
Apprentice Spotlight: Veteran & Reservist Veasna Ngeth
Building Futures is proud to congratulate our first construction pre-apprenticeship graduates since the onset of COVID-19. A class was scheduled to begin just weeks after Rhode Island’s first stay at home order in March. Despite the setback, the prospective trainees persevered and began training in July 2020 in smaller cohorts
New Registered Apprenticeships Address the Opioids Crisis
Apprentices at Parent Support Network of Rhode Island training on Zoom. New Registered Apprenticeships Are Preparing Rhode Islanders to Provide Services to Address the Opioids Crisis Rhode Island was hit hard by the national opioids crisis. The need for trained high-quality community based health workers rapidly outpaced the existing workforce. Building Futures