A new labor report commissioned by the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) shows that while the city is enjoying an economic boom, many residents have been unable to share in that prosperity. Although Boston’s unemployment rate has dipped to a
The Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) recently awarded $1.2 million in Neighborhood Jobs Trust funds to 17 community-based employment and workforce development programs. The trust mitigates the impacts of large-scale real estate projects by collecting linkage fees from developers to invest
The most recent cohort of Operation Exit, a program that trains high-risk residents for new careers, graduated February 29 from an eight-week instructional program on computer coding. Resilient Coders, a local non-profit that teaches coding to young people from underserved communities, led
A newly expanded division of the Office of Workforce Development (OWD) will be tackling wage theft – an employer’s unlawful failure to pay workers the wages they are due. The OWD’s Wage Theft & Living Wage Division, an expansion of
A new, wide-reaching apprenticeship program has launched this fall thanks to a $3 million federal American Apprenticeship grant. The grant proposal was spearheaded by the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) and secured with the help of its program partners.
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, job-seekers crowded a hushed room at Jewish Vocational Services’ (JVS) career center, while another dozen had to be turned away at the door. Packing chairs to the last row, the lucky ones took out notepads
Eight Boston organizations are receiving Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) for the first time or for new purposes as a result of the Office of Workforce Development’s decision last year to more explicitly focus federal dollars on the three E’s
How do you foster a culture of writing among young people? For WriteBoston, the key strategy is to establish partnerships in area schools. The organization coaches teachers in writing instruction strategies, advises school administrators on curriculum development, and runs writing
Mayor Walsh has announced five Boston Public Schools that will participate in the pilot of the city’s new Children’s Savings Account (CSA) program. In Fall 2016, kindergarteners at Harvard/Kent Elementary School, James Otis Elementary School, McKay K-8 School, Franklin D.