Welcome to LISC Rhode Island

LISC Rhode Island works with community members and local leaders to invest funding and "know how" in affordable housing, child care facilities, health equity, education, public safety and workforce development – all basic needs that must be tackled together so that progress is made for all residents. In 2023, our team invested $62.7 million and delivered 6,717 hours of technical assistance to nearly 190 partners across the State.

Our Impact

Since opening our office here in 1991, we have invested $591 million in community revitalization in the State.

Housing

A safe, affordable home is a basic necessity, and the cornerstone of our work.

Child Care Facilities

Our Child Care practice supports early learning facilities with technical assistance, grants and loans.

Latest News

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1.17.2025 - LISC Stories, Income and Wealth Building

New Welding Program at JARC Fills a Community Need

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Responding to demand in the state, JARC RI has opened a new welding program for SNAP E&T participants.

Julio E Sabater Jr., PhD speaks in a YouTube video about mental health resources.
12.12.2024 - LISC Stories, Health

"Mental Health is Health" Campaign Highlights Resources for Community

Julio E Sabater Jr., PhD speaks in a YouTube video about mental health resources.

LISC facilitated a Participatory Budgeting program in the Pawtucket Central Falls Health Equity Zone that asked the community how they wanted to spend $385,000 to improve community health. The program receiving the second highest number of votes, the “Mental Health IS Health” anti-stigma campaign, launches four videos to address mental health challenges just in time for the holidays.

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12.12.2024 - LISC Stories, Child Care

Family Child Care Providers Find Success and Community through Cohort Model

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Family child care providers participated in a LISC-led technical assistance cohort model, helping them succeed in utilizing funds from a City of Providence program.

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Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) delivers capital, strategy, and specialized technical assistance to partners to help communities become places where people can thrive.  

In 2023, LISC delivered
6,717 Hours of Technical Assistance to 189 groups
Awarded
$12 M in Grants
Invested
$62 M in Affordable Housing and Community Space
This leveraged
$287 M
in Rhode Island
Since 1991, LISC has invested
$591.5 M
Leading to $2.1 B in total development