BEST Hospitality Training recently celebrated the opening of its new training center at the Omni Seaport Hotel in Boston. This training opened during the pandemic and is equipped with state of the art facilities. Students are able to access training at the
The Boston Tax Help Coalition (BTHC) launched its 22nd season of providing eligible residents with free tax services at a kick-off event held on Friday, January 27, EITC Awareness Day. Boston residents earning $60,000 or less a year can now
OWD’s Summer Learn and Earn (SLE) Program combatted COVID learning loss with extra class time and a paycheck for Boston students. This year’s program enrolled 80 rising juniors and seniors in college courses at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (BFIT). Youths also earned up to $1,800 in stipends for six to eight weeks of online instruction
Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the creation of the Cabinet for Worker Empowerment led by Trinh Nguyen who will serve as the City’s Chief of Worker Empowerment. The Cabinet, equipped with oversight and resources, is charged with advancing the well-being
The grant will serve 484 residents through the creation and equitable expansion of pre-apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAP) Today, Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD), an affiliate of the Boston Planning & Development
ARPA funds will provide more than 4,600 projected job placements in Healthcare, Clean Energy, and Child Care and support services to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color residents in the Greater Boston area over the next three years Mayor Michelle
Boston Builds Credit has awarded its first seal of approval to the FAIR Credit Builder, a special low-risk loan designed to help users demonstrate a positive payment history and build good credit.