Step Up
Your Skills. Your Career. Your Life.
What's New at Stepping Up
2010 Winter Newsletter
(March 3) Stepping Up's winter newsletter is now online! Click here to view it.
SU Featured in Mayor's State of the City Address
(March 1) Providence Mayor David Cicilline highlighted Stepping Up in his 2010 State of the City Address, citing the program's role in workforce development as part of Providence's Operation Opportunity. Click here to read a transcript of the address. Stepping Up is
discussed on page 3.
SU, Dorcas Place Recruiting for Spring 2010 Classes
(January 25) Stepping Up is now enrolling participants for two
healthcare career training programs scheduled to begin this spring.
Requirements vary for each program. Click on the links below for
more information.
Stepping Up's Hospital Clerical training program
will run from April 1st to May 21st. Information sessions will be
held at Casey Family Services in Providence on March 10th and March
15th from 10:00 to 11:00 am. Please call Stepping Up at (401)
831-3647 if you have any questions.
Dorcas Place's spring Healthcare Career training classes
will begin on March 24th and run for 12 weeks. Please contact Naomi
Foster at (401) 273-8866 if you have any questions.
(November 13) Stepping Up is pleased to announce our spring 2010 college class schedule , in conjunction with CCRI. Classes will be held on the Rhode Island Hospital and Women and Infants' campuses. Please note that an additional Anatomy course may be added for the spring semester; however, we are still working to finalize this.
If you are interested in enrolling or would like more information on these classes, please contact your Career Advisor, or email
kgendreau@steppingupri.org.
(August 11) Stepping Up's summer newsletter is now online! Click here to view it.
SU Featured in Providence's City News
(February 17)
Stepping Up was recently featured in Providence's City News! Click here to read the article.
Stepping Up is currently not accepting new participants as enrollment at this time is full. However, to have your name placed on a wait list for consideration when enrollment opens again, or to simply learn more about the program, please email info@steppingupri.org.
Our Mission
Stepping Up's mission is to provide training, education, career coaching, and support services for low-income Providence residents, as well as for entry-level workers at Rhode Island Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital so they may advance into high growth high demand health care careers.
Stepping Up participants meet regularly with a Career
Advisor who advise, support, and advocate for participants.
Working together, they will develop a career plan at a time, a place,
and a pace that is right for the participant.