Free or Reduced Cost Training Programs
➢Registered Apprenticeship Programs
Earn while you learn! Get paid from day one in various professions, with potential funding for in-class and on-the-job training. You must meet with a Job Coach online or at a DLT Career Center to determine your eligibility.
➢WIOA Eligible Training Provider Programs
Free or reduced-cost training for eligible unemployed and underemployed Rhode Islanders. Funding may cover your chosen ETPL program. You must meet with a Job Coach online or at a DLT Career Center to determine your eligibility.
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➢Real Jobs Rhode Island Training Programs
Real Jobs RI Programs are run by partnerships consisting of employers and training providers and are entirely free to participants. Approximately 80% of Real Jobs trainees complete training and are in related employment.
Search for a currently recruiting training program in the industry of your choice below! To apply, contact the provider.
RIBA| Residential Construction Workforce Partnership
Residential Construction Career Training
RCWP
Self-Employment Business Incubator
Self-employment provides people with disabilities and others a unique level of flexibility and control compared to traditional wage jobs.
RI Developmental Disabilities Council/The Community Provider Network Of Rhode Island
ServSafe Training
Progreso Latino's Hospitality ServSafe Program empowers hospitality workers with ServSafe certification, ensuring compliance with food safety standards and enhancing career opportunities.
Progreso Latino's
Social Enterprise Greenhouse INCUBATE
The Incubator is a 10-week program designed to empower aspiring entrepreneurs.
Social Enterprise Greenhouse
Social Enterprise Greenhouse IDEATE
The Ideator is a 6-week program designed to help you develop, test, and vet your business or nonprofit ideas in a risk-free and supportive environment.
Social Enterprise Greenhouse
Teacher Assistant Training
Become a teacher assistant in Rhode Island! The state-approved Teacher Assistant Training Program equips you for full-time, part-time, or substitute roles.
RI Institute for Labor Studies
Transitional Postsecondary Education
The Reentry Campus Program empowers currently and formerly incarcerated individuals by providing affordable access to accredited postsecondary education and certificate programs, aligning seamlessly with the reentry process.
ReEntry Campus Program
Veterans Pathways to Prosperity (VPP)
OSDRI empowers unemployed and underemployed veterans by connecting them with quality employment opportunities. These pathways offer competitive incomes and/or opportunities for personal development through education and training.
Operation Stand Down RI
Works Wonders (Youth)
Works Wonders is a workforce development program built by youth, for youth. As a participant in Works Wonders®, you’ll receive:
Foster Forward