Two research institutes at the University of Massachusetts will explore the potential for a new Creative Industries workforce development program for the City of Boston. The UMass Donahue Institute (UMDI) and the Center for Social Policy (CSP) at UMass Boston
Meet some of the Boston residents who took advantage of free events during America Saves Week. Similar events are available year-round – click the links below to learn more! Name: Tiffany Event: Bank on Boston Experience: Tiffany, 19, had never had
The City of Boston and the Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment are holding a series of free financial empowerment events for residents as part of America Saves Week, a national campaign to promote saving that runs from February 26 to
BostonHires, a City-led campaign to promote good jobs for residents, launched this month with an invitation to employers and job placement providers to join the effort to place 20,000 unemployed or under-employed Boston residents in good jobs by 2022. Good jobs
The seventeenth season of free tax preparation services for Boston residents kicked off yesterday with a launch event at Codman Square Health Center celebrated by Mayor Martin Walsh, the Boston Tax Help Coalition, and key community partners. Residents earning $54,000
The 2016-2017 Neighborhood Jobs Trust Impact Report, released yesterday by the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, shows that more than 2,300 Boston residents took advantage of job training and education opportunities made possible by the Trust. The Neighborhood Jobs Trust (NJT)
Gosia Tomaszewska has been hired as the program manager for Boston Saves, the City of Boston’s children savings account program. Tomaszewska brings to her new role years of experience working on financial education programs with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the
The latest analysis of Boston’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which employs over 10,000 Boston youth ages 14-22 with over 900 local employers each summer, finds that program participation is linked to improved academic and economic outcomes, as well as a decline in criminal
A key wedge driving the gap between Boston’s affluent and low- and middle-income residents is credit. While good credit opens the door to low-cost loans, poor or no credit can make innumerable life transactions more expensive, from car loans to
For generations of American youth, the summer job has been an iconic marker of growing up, taking on responsibility, and earning some degree of financial independence. But in recent decades, this pivotal life experience has become scarcer and scarcer. In