The Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) directed over $14 million to more than 90 community-based organizations that provided job training, adult education, youth programs, apprenticeship opportunities and financial education to Boston residents from July 2016 to June 2017, according
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
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)
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
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
A study released today by the Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment (OFE) finds that the Financial Check-Up (FCU) – a light-touch, one-on-one credit review – can make a dramatic impact on residents’ financial well-being in a short amount of time. A randomized, controlled trial of hundreds
Too many adults fail to appreciate the value of good credit until they’ve suffered the consequences of poor or no credit: diminished opportunity for jobs or housing, exorbitant loan or interest rates, limited access to further credit. But could these
At the Youth Employment Policy Forum last Thursday, one researcher illustrated the employment problem facing young people in Massachusetts; the other presented a potential solution. It wasn’t quite “good cop, bad cop,” but it drove the issue home. The Problem The problem,
When the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) released a labor market study last March, the findings showed how much work was needed to address the city’s economic disparities: The average Boston resident, the report found, makes just over $35,000 a year, an income that barely covers expenses for many
Neil Sullivan pointed to a set of numbers projected before a room of educators, workforce development experts, and life sciences professionals at MassBioEd Foundation. “That doesn’t happen,” said Sullivan, executive director of the Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), looking at