Meeting the community's essential needs—related to health, wellness, and safety—is R.I.S.E.'s primary goal because through satisfying residents' most basic needs is foundational to seeing community succeed, thrive, and advance.

The programs and services R.I.S.E. provides support the whole community. With an emphasis on unity, R.I.S.E. seeks to develop safe places and togetherness in the community which creates more opportunities for individuals and the neighborhood.

R.I.S.E.'s programming for youth provides extracurricular learning that keeps children engaged and in a safe environment after school and over the weekend. Aware that many local youth have challenging home lives all R.I.S.E. activities are crafted with trauma-informed care as the foundational objective.