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We ensure all of our initiatives advance lasting solutions to the issues they address.

YouthBuild Gives City Residents Work Skills

Ten YouthBuild participants are now working on Omsted Commons through a 12-week pilot program – starting in Providence – that allows YouthBuild participants to work on The Community Builders’ affordable homes.

Providence Youths Learn Job Skills Renovating Apartments

Ten graduates of the YouthBuild Providence program are at work this summer, renovating 24 apartments in two buildings at the Olmsted Gardens affordable-housing complex - a $200,000 renovation project that is a partnership between YouthBuild and The Community Builders, a nonprofit developer.

YouthBuild Providence Receives $1.1M Grant from US Department of Labor

In order to better prepare young Rhode Islanders for the jobs of tomorrow, the RI congressional delegation today announced $1.1 million in federal funds for YouthBuild Providence.  The program, which is a part of the Providence Plan, provides vocational training to at risk youth, helping to better prepare them for jobs in the construction industry and emerging clean energy economy.

Press Advisory

Today, New Roots Providence, a program of The Providence Plan, announced its 2011 Strengthening Community Fund grants to 27 Rhode Island nonprofit or faith community groups in a Press Conference.  Joining New Roots were members of Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation – Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Congressman James Langevin – as well as representatives from New Roots’ grantee organizations.

For more information visit: http://newrootsprovidence.org/

ProvPlan’s Info Group to be Featured Panelists at 5/18 Building a Healthy Housing Workforce event

The Providence Plan’s Information Group will be presenting its work as a speaker on the Panel Discussion: Data and Housing Policy at the May 18th Building a Healthy Housing Workforce presentation and awards event.

The Providence Plan Releases Census 2010 Information and Maps

Providence, Rhode Island – The Providence Plan has posted the first round of Providence neighborhood-
level and city ward maps for the 2010 Census.  The interactive maps are available at www.provplan.org.

“We are pleased to be able to provide detailed information about Providence’s 25 neighborhoods and the City’s 15 wards,” said Patrick McGuigan, The Providence Plan’s Executive Director.  “The online neighborhood profiles that we launched back in 2001 have made a tremendous impact in framing policy decisions over the past decade, and we look forward to extending our partnership with the City in the coming years to promote more data-driven decision making.”

Providence Daily Dose Reports on ProvPlan’s New Census 2010 Data Resources

...thanks to the Providence Plan, we also have a clear, updated picture of the Providence neighborhoods, including the all-important redistricting data.

Julia Steiny: A major data tool for parents and policymakers

02.27.11
A MAJOR TOOL FOR PARENTS AND POLICYMAKERS

More good news: Rhode Island has built an innovative data tool that is a data junkie’s dream, but also a source of reports and stories that are so easy to click through non-techies will find many information
treasures. The goal is to put useful data in the hands of parents, the public and policymakers so they can
finally see a landscape of information about kids, combined from different agencies and sources.

Meet the RIDataHUB at ridatahub.org.

The Rhode Island DataHUB Highlighted as an Innovative Web-Based Application for Indicator Data

Rhode Island’s DataHub (www.ridatahub.org) is a tour-de-force of data integration. It draws on multiple data sets—federal, state, and local—to facilitate analysis and visualization across many topics of child and adolescent well-being.

38 Non-profit Organizations to Benefit from New Roots Grants

New Roots Providence, a local program that supports faith-based and community organizations, announced it is providing $450,000 in grants to 38 organizations statewide.

Grantees include the Genesis Center, Groundwork Providence, the Riverzedge Arts Project, and Social Venture Partners RI, among others. Each organization is receiving an award between $2,000 and $15,000.