The Community College of Rhode Island launched Community First in the Spring of 2023
by hosting community meetings within the Opportunity Zone communities in order to
better understand the community’s needs and barriers to education. The listening sessions
will be hosted in collaboration will several of our community-based partners. Upon
the completion of these listening sessions, CCRI will begin to design programs that
are specifically catered to the need of the residents through the Fall of 2023 with
an anticipated comprehensive launch in January 2024, in time for the spring semester.