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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.

Become an Apprentice!


➢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.

View Open Training Opportunities!


➢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. 

Electrical Training

The Residential Construction Workforce Partnership (RCWP) focuses on residential construction for the shelter industry and is dedicated to:

RI Builders Association

Emerging Leaders Development Program

The Emerging Leaders Development Program supports the advancement of high-performing Asian, Black, Hispanic or Latino, Indigenous, and multi-racial professionals into senior leadership roles.

Rhode Island Black Business Association

Homemaker Training

CSEA is now an official Homemaker Training Site, approved by the RI Department of Health. This program equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in this rewarding field.

Here's what you'll gain:

Center for Southeast Asians

Job Development

Progreso Latino's Job Development program helps unemployed or underemployed workers, especially those facing language barriers, find fulfilling careers.

Progreso Latino

Med Tech Leadership Program

The Med Tech Leadership Program equips innovators and entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills necessary for successfully commercializing regulated medical technologies.

NEMIC LLC

Northern Rhode Island Career Academy

NRI Career Academy’s FREE 8-week Workforce Development Program delivers relevant industry skills training, job readiness training, resume writing, interviewing techniques, job search assistance, and case management to help you overcome any obstacl

Connecting for Children and Families

Refugee Dream Center

The Refugee Dream Center provides workforce development training and wrap-around services to help refugees secure employment. Breaking Barriers cultural brokers offer support with coordination, translation, and transportation.

Refugee Dream Center

SEG Impact Accelerator

The Accelerator empowers social entrepreneurs with the skills and resources they need to launch and grow their ventures.

Social Enterprise Greenhouse

Free or Reduced Cost Training Programs