"OneCranston" team members join Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation President Ed Henry for a team photo. Cranston is focusing their work on racial equity and social cohesion for residents.

Working Cities Newport team members join Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation President Ed Henry for a team photo. Newport is working to lift families out of poverty through a workforce development system that prepares unemployed and underemployed North End neighborhood residents for higher skilled, higher paying jobs.

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo thanked the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Boston Fed's Working Cities Challenge for continued support and investment toward improving Rhode Island's struggling communities. Raimondo called the work so far in Cranston and Newport “life-giving and transformational.”

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President and CEO Eric Rosengren celebrated the Working Cities Challenge Rhode Island teams of Cranston and Newport. The Doris Duke Foundation’s $600,000 follow-on investment will bolster the cities’ programs.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation President Ed Henry said the foundation is pleased to assist the Working Cities Challenge Rhode Island teams. The foundation is donating $600,000 toward tackling tough socio-economic challenges in Cranston, Newport, and Providence.