Brown University’s agreement with federal agencies included a workforce-training component that commits $50 million to local workforce development organizations, including Building Futures in Rhode Island. The settlement restored Brown’s access to hundreds of millions in federal funds while resolving compliance reviews into the university’s antidiscrimination practices. Building Futures runs pre-apprenticeship programming that prepares workers for construction trades by providing instruction that often includes math and industry credential pathways. The article highlights how the funded training supports individuals such as Joe, who used the program as a bridge into apprenticeship opportunities. For higher education leaders, the structure of the settlement signals how institutional compliance actions can translate into measurable investments in external workforce pipelines, with impacts on community employment outcomes tied to campus funding access.