Ready.set.workfunding request: 1,250,000.00CONGRESSIONAL sponsor: senators jack reed and sheldon whitehouse (RI)requested period of performance: 33 monthsproject location: rhode islandproject…

The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration awarded a $1,250,000 Project Grant to Skills For Rhode Island's Future, a non-profit organization, under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant will fund a 33-month initiative to train 500 unemployed, underemployed, and underserved individuals in Rhode Island with industry-aligned skills, ultimately placing at least 325 of those trained into career employment or additional technical training. Key activities include offering 20 cycles of the "READY.SET.WORK" training program to equip participants with in-demand skills for high-wage, high-growth sector jobs. The program aims to serve target populations such as English language learners, individuals with low academic achievement, justice-involved candidates, and those with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Skills For Rhode Island's Future will independently implement this workforce development project without any subrecipients.

Activities

Offer 20 cycles of ready.set.work training as a strategy to align job seekers skills with those required by rhode island employers.

Expected outcomes

To train 500 rhode islanders and placed at least 325 of those trained into career employment or additional technical training for increasing chances of hire.

Intended beneficiaries

Unemployed, underemployed, english language learners, individuals with low academic achievement, justice-involved candidates, individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilitiessubrecipient activities: n a