Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Institute

857C9

2020-08-01

2019-08-02

2018-08-03

NONPROFIT WITH 501C3 IRS STATUS (OTHER THAN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION)

2020-05-21

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Department of Agriculture

LEAD APPLICANT, THE RHODE ISLAND NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE, THE NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ARM OF THE RHODE ISLAND NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION, AND CO-LEAD PROJECT DIRECTOR RHODE ISLAND FOOD POLICY COUNCIL ("THE PARTNERSHIP") ARE COLLABORATING WITH COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, STATE AGENCIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS - IN AN INNOVATIVE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP - TO DEFINE, DEVELOP, AND IMPLEMENT CURRICULUM FOR A TWO-YEAR ASSOCIATE DEGREE FOCUSED ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND. THE GOAL OF THIS ALLIANCE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH CROSS-DISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES GROUNDED IN SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY WITH CURRICULUM THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BASED ON INDUSTRY INPUT AND DEMAND FOR A WORKFORCE TRAINED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.OUR ANTICIPATED PROJECT AUDIENCE WILL BE DRAWN FROM GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS WELL AS UNDER-SERVED POPULATIONS. THE PROJECT PARTNERS ARE COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THESE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIPS' WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND VALUE THEIR EXPERTISE IN WORKING IN URBAN, SUBURBAN, AND RURAL SETTINGS AND BUILDING CLEAR LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND PROGRAMS THAT STRUCTURALLY DEMAND STRONG PARTNERSHIPS.THIS 2-YEAR DEGREE WILL LINK TO EXISTING HIGHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND AND ALSO STRENGTHEN PIPELINE CONNECTIVITY TO THE RI NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION'S AWARD-WINNING AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES JOB-BASED TRAINING WHERE PARTICIPANTS CAN EARN WHILE THEY LEARN. RHODE ISLAND'S SMALL SCALE MAKES IT A PERFECT LABORATORY FOR TRIALING NEW STRATEGIES AND IMPROVING EXISTING STRATEGIES, WHICH CALL FOR CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADOPTION BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.PROJECT TITLE:GROWING A 2-YEAR ASSOCIATE DEGREE: STRENGTHENING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BY CREATING CAREER PATHWAYS TO LIVING WAGE JOBS IN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS.PRIMARY AFRI FARM BILL PRIORITY (1):AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY.PROJECT DURATION:3 YEARS.PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS:SHANNON BRAWLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RHODE ISLAND NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE AND RHODE ISLAND NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION - LEAD APPLICANT AND CO-LEAD PROJECT DIRECTOR.NESSA J. RICHMAN, NETWORK DIRECTOR, RHODE ISLAND FOOD POLICY COUNCIL- CO-LEAD PROJECT DIRECTOR.SUBMITTING ORGANIZATION:RHODE ISLAND NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE.OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN PROJECT:DR. ROSEMARY COSTIGAN, VICE PRESIDENT ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, AND DR. CHRISTINE TURENIUS-BELL, CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND.DR. JOHN KIRBY, DEAN, COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE SCIENCES, AND DR. DEBORAH SHEELY, ASSOCIATE DEAN, COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND.SCOTT JENSEN, DIRECTOR, AND LAURA HASTINGS, REAL JOBS GRANT ADVISOR, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING.SUE ANDERBOIS, DIRECTOR OF FOOD STRATEGY, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.STEPHEN OSBORN, CHIEF FOR INNOVATION, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.JANET COIT, DIRECTOR, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, AND KEN AYARS, CHIEF, DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.ANDREW CORTEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, APPRENTICESHIP RHODE ISLAND.PROJECT TO BE ADMINISTERED ATCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND AND UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND. NUMBER OF ANTICIPATED PARTICIPANTS PER YEAR:YEAR 1: N/A; YEAR 2: N/A AND YEAR 3: 200 (SEE NOTE AT "OUTPUTS")

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Government Instrumentality, Title-Holding Corporation, Charitable Organization, Educational Organization, Local Association of Employees, Agricultural Organization, Horticultural Organization, Board of Trade, Business League, Pleasure, Recreational, or Social Club, Fraternal Beneficiary Society, Order or Association, Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (Non-Govt. Emps.), Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association (Govt. Emps.), Domestic Fraternal Societies and Associations, Teachers Retirement Fund Assoc., Benevolent Life Insurance Assoc., Mutual Ditch or Irrigation Co., Burial Association, Cemetery Company, Credit Union, Other Mutual Corp. or Assoc., Mutual Insurance Company or Assoc. Other Than Life or Marine, Corp. Financing Crop Operations, Supplemental Unemployment Compensation Trust or Plan, Employee Funded Pension Trust (Created Before 6/25/59), Post or Organization of War Veterans, Legal Service Organization, Black Lung Trust, Multiemployer Pension Plan, Veterans Assoc. Formed Prior to 1880, Trust Described in Sect. 4049 of ERISA, Title Holding Co. for Pensions, etc., State-Sponsored High Risk Health Insurance Organizations, State-Sponsored Workers' Compensation Reinsurance, ACA 1322 Qualified Nonprofit Health Insurance Issuers, Apostolic and Religious Org. (501(d)), Cooperative Hospital Service Organization (501(e)), Cooperative Service Organization of Operating Educational Organization (501(f)), Child Care Organization (501(k)), Charitable Risk Pool, Qualified State-Sponsored Tuition Program, 4947(a)(1) - Private Foundation (Form 990PF Filer)

2014-06

Environment: Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Type of organization and use of contribution: A public charity. Deductibility Limitation: 50% (60% for cash contributions)

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