Nonprofit

Building Futures (Rhode Island)

Providence, RI
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bfri.org

  • Mission

    Our Mission: To meet employer need for skilled workers through Registered Apprenticeship, creating an equitable path to family-sustaining careers for Rhode Islanders.

    Our Vision:

    • People, particularly those who have not had access to opportunities, can achieve economic prosperity.
    • Employers and industries have an effective strategy for developing needed skills of the people they employ.
    • Systems that can help people, communities, and employers achieve economic prosperity do.

    Our Mission: To meet employer need for skilled workers through Registered Apprenticeship, creating an equitable path to family-sustaining careers for Rhode Islanders.

    Our Vision:

    • People, particularly those who have not had access to opportunities, can achieve economic prosperity.
    • Employers and industries have an effective strategy for developing needed skills of the people they employ.
    • Systems that can help people, communities, and employers achieve economic prosperity do.

    About Us

    About Building Futures

    Building Futures launched 2007 as a construction industry partnership, focused on leveraging the Registered Apprenticeship model of workforce development. For over 100 years, unions and employers have jointly operated quality registered apprenticeships in the construction occupations to train individuals as highly-skilled tradespeople. Our work spans three distinct but highly aligned areas.

    For the benefit of low-income Rhode Islanders, Building Futures developed and operates a comprehensive pre-apprenticeship program to prepare diverse, low-income men and women for success in employment as registered apprentices in the building trades. In addition, we work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure construction projects provide employment opportunities for apprentices at the appropriate level to meet future demand for skilled labor through our Apprentice Utilization Program. Our pre-apprenticeship and apprentice utilization program together provide an effective system for workforce development in Rhode Island’s construction sector.

    From this foundation, we have established Apprenticeship Rhode Island, an initiative to expand the use of Registered Apprenticeship beyond the construction sector. Now, we are helping develop new registered apprenticeship programs in multiple sectors, which include healthcare, information technology, advanced manufacturing and boat building, among others. Working with employers, industry partnerships, government and community-based organizations, we are spreading the proven model of Registered Apprenticeship to benefit the state’s workforce and economy.

    About Building Futures

    Building Futures launched 2007 as a construction industry partnership, focused on leveraging the Registered Apprenticeship model of workforce development. For over 100 years, unions and employers have jointly operated quality registered apprenticeships in the construction occupations to train individuals as highly-skilled tradespeople. Our work spans three distinct but highly aligned areas.

    For the benefit of low-income Rhode Islanders, Building Futures developed and operates a comprehensive pre-apprenticeship program to prepare diverse, low-income men and women for success in employment as registered apprentices in the building trades. In addition, we work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure construction projects provide employment opportunities for apprentices at the appropriate level to meet future demand for skilled labor through our Apprentice Utilization Program. Our…

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