Providence is home to eight colleges and universities including an Ivy League University, the top Design school in the world, and one of the top Culinary and Food Innovation schools in the country.
The City of Providence, State of Rhode Island and Federal Government support talent pipeline development programming targeting youth in school through the long-term unemployed.
Young people in Providence are known to be bright, creative, students who possess an entrepreneurial spirit that is support by programs at their academic institutions.