Education
breaks the cycle

Our mission is to provide scholarships and mentoring to children of currently and formerly incarcerated parents in order to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty, crime and addiction that too often threatens them.

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Our inspiring scholars

Our Scholarship Program gives motivated students displaying leadership potential who have been accepted to a private or parochial high school financial support as well as a mentor.  Our Mentoring Program matches healthy adults with children aged 7 through high school and supports their consistent monthly engagement through cultural and recreational group activities. RISE staff support relationships between the children we work with and their mentors, schools, and families.
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Our Mission

To provide scholarships and mentoring to children of currently and formerly incarcerated parents in order to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty, crime and addiction that too often threatens them.
HOW WE DO IT
WHY RISE?

Parental incarceration affects millions of children across the United States, disrupting stability during critical stages of development.

• Over half of incarcerated individuals are parents, many with young children.

• Thousands of these children are under age five when a parent is imprisoned.

• Nearly 5 million children in the U.S. have experienced parental incarceration.

Without consistent support, these young people face increased barriers to academic success and long-term opportunity.RISE works to break down barriers for students affected by parental incarceration by connecting them with mentoring and educational opportunity.
CONTACT US

681 Park Avenue, Suite 26
Cranston, RI  02910

401.421.2010
kdellagrotta@riseonline.org
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