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Our Mission

Helping Rhode Islanders change careers, learn a new trade, or get on the path to a degree or certificate

We want to help you pick up where you stopped. Whether that means changing careers, learning a new trade, or getting on the path to a degree or certificate, we’re here to help at no cost to you. We recognize that adult students have different needs than traditional college-aged students. RI Reconnect is a free program that exists to help meet those needs by connecting students to the network of educational navigators. Your educational navigator is your personal cheerleader and guide through the process of returning to school or job training. He or she will help you identify a goal, create a plan to reach that goal, and connect you to the resources that will help you achieve that goal.

RI Reconnect Background

We’re here to help reconnect adults to educational and job training opportunities in Rhode Island

Rhode Island’s job market is changing quickly. Very soon, most jobs in the Ocean State will require a degree or credential but only about 47.5% of adults (ages 25-64) in Rhode Island have one today. 

In 2016, Governor Gina Raimondo set the goal for 70% of working-age Rhode Islanders to have a degree or credential of value by 2025 in order to meet the needs of the changing job market. We know we have work to do.

Current enrollment and program completion rates suggest that we’ll need an additional 90,000 Rhode Islanders completing programs to meet that goal. Many of them will be adults over age 25 who may need additional support along the way. We’re here to help reconnect adults to educational and job training opportunities in Rhode Island that will put them on their own unique journey to success.

RI Reconnect Background

We’re here to help reconnect adults to educational and job training opportunities in Rhode Island

Rhode Island’s job market is changing quickly. Very soon, most jobs in the Ocean State will require a degree or credential but only about 46% of people in Rhode Island have one today. 

In 2019, Governor Gina Raimondo set the goal for 70% of working-age Rhode Islanders to have a degree or credential of value by 2025 in order to meet the needs of the changing job market. We know we have work to do.

Current enrollment and program completion rates suggest that we’ll need an additional 90,000 Rhode Islanders completing programs to meet that goal. Many of them will be adults over age 25 who may need additional support along the way. We’re here to help reconnect adults to educational and job training opportunities in Rhode Island that will put them on their own unique journey to success.

RI Reconnect Background

Rhode Island’s job market is changing quickly. Very soon, most jobs in the Ocean State will require a degree or credential but only about 46% of people in Rhode Island have one today. 

In 2019, Governor Gina Raimondo set the goal for 70% of working-age Rhode Islanders to have a degree or credential of value by 2025 in order to meet the needs of the changing job market. We know we have work to do.

Current enrollment and program completion rates suggest that we’ll need an additional 90,000 Rhode Islanders completing programs to meet that goal. Many of them will be adults over age 25 who may need additional support along the way. We’re here to help reconnect adults to educational and job training opportunities in Rhode Island that will put them on their own unique journey to success.

20 %
of jobs in Rhode Island
require postsecondary education
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New jobs in RI since 2010
requiring postsecondary education
$ 0
Average additional weekly income
with a postsecondary education

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