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AI readiness for state coordination hubs

RUDI partners with state coordination hubs, fiscal sponsors, and coalition leads to deliver AI readiness across every level — from literacy to fluency.

Built for public-sector coalition work

State Coordination Hubs

NSF AI-Ready America (26-508) hubs, state AI councils, and statewide workforce initiatives.

Workforce Boards & Community Colleges

Statewide workforce development boards and community college systems scaling AI readiness across regions.

HBCUs, MSIs & Equity Coalitions

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, minority-serving institutions, and equity-focused AI coalitions.

Statewide Nonprofit Conveners

InnovateState-type organizations and nonprofit conveners coordinating AI readiness across sectors.

Three delivery channels for coalition partners

Channel 4 — Primary

Training & Certification

Literacy → proficiency → fluency curriculum aligned to NSF's AI-Ready framework. 30-Point Framework. TechCred-eligible in Ohio. Stackable credentials aligned to DOL, WIOA, and Perkins V.

Channel 3 — Primary

Deployment Toolkit

Scales one coach to serve 3× more organizations. Assessment, tool selection, implementation, and post-deployment support for SMBs, nonprofits, and public-serving organizations.

Channel 1 — Advisory

Navigator Content Strategy

Taxonomy, curriculum integration, and content curation for statewide AI resource navigators. We partner with platform vendors or university IT to make the navigator work.

The RUDI framework maps to NSF's AI-Ready continuum

Our 3-tier certification maps directly to literacy → proficiency → fluency — the exact language NSF uses internally to define AI-Ready.

NSF Term NSF Definition RUDI Course
Literacy Understand: why AI? when AI? Level 1: AI Literacy
Proficiency Apply Level 2: Applied AI
Fluency Create with Level 3: AI Assistants, Agents & Workflows

Organizations we've served

Warren County ESC, Ohio Head Start, Propel Education, University of Illinois Springfield, EAB, AfroTech, The Collab Group, Mercantile Library, Crowe LLP, The Argus Group, Walker SCM, Urban Land Institute, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Upskill Ohio, Ohio Governor's Office (Development).

Sectors served: Education (K-12, early childhood, higher ed), Enterprise / Professional Services, Logistics & Supply Chain, Built Environment / Real Estate, Community / Cultural.

Federal subaward ready

Partner with RUDI

Whether you're assembling an NSF Round 1 coalition, building a state AI strategy, or scaling workforce AI training — we're the literacy-to-fluency partner you want named in your proposal.