Job Programs for Teens
These resources are here to give you access to job-related information and programs that are focused on teens.
Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD)
ABCD’s mission is to promote self-help for low-income people and neighborhoods. ABCD implements this mandate through a decentralized, neighborhood-based structure and a process that provides innovative, practical, and timely programs and services which emphasize education and skilled job-training at all levels and develop problem-solving skills for people and neighborhoods. ABCD programs for youth include an Alternative High School (University High) in cooperation with the Boston Public Schools; SUMMERWORKS, providing career-oriented work experience for low-income teenagers; a partnership with the now-independent and fully accredited Urban College of Boston: A Two-Year College; and LearningWorks Career Development programs.
http://www.bostonabcd.org/programs/index.htm
Boston Empowerment Zone: Boston Connects
The Boston Empowerment Zone (EZ) includes 5.8 square miles of some of the City's most vibrant and diverse neighborhoods. Its 57,640 residents, roughly 10% of the City's population, live in Chinatown, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, Roxbury, the Seaport District, South Boston, and the South End.
Boston Connects, Inc. is the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization charged with implementing the long-term vision of the EZ’s Strategic Plan: Providing for Economic Self-Sufficiency for Individuals, Families and Communities. Under the leadership of a 24-member governing board, BCI has been successful in linking some of the City's most needy residents and neighborhoods with new economic opportunity-through job creation, daycare, skills training, alternative education or ESL.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/bostonez/connect/current1.asp
Boston Private Industry Council
The Boston Private Industry Council (PIC) is a business led intermediary organization founded in 1979 that connects the youth and adults of Boston to education and employment opportunities to meet the demands of employers in a changing economy. PIC initiatives thrive on the synergy created when employer needs and community needs overlap. The PIC identifies labor and skill shortages that are critical to Boston's economic health, and then crafts educational and workforce initiatives which respond to the pressing business demands of key employers and local residents. The result is a win-win situation. Businesses develop the workforce they need and Boston residents gain access to career opportunities and higher incomes.
The Boston Private Industry Council (PIC) offers Boston Public School students a variety of ways to work and learn. The link below connects you with the people of the PIC and the programs that are offered.
http://www.bostonpic.org/youth/index.htm
Boston Youth Fund
The Boston Youth Fund (BYF), a part of Boston’s Youth Zone, offers positive job experiences for youth that help them discover and explore their talents while contributing to the well being of their community. Through their BYF experience, youth employees gain a sense of responsibility and teamwork, broaden their sense of community and form lasting relationships. More information is available at the link below:
http://www.bostonyouthzone.com/teenzone/employment/byf/
Job Corps
Job Corps offers no-cost training and education to America's youth ages 16 through 24. Students typically live on campus and earn their high school diploma or GED while learning career skills in one of more than 60 occupational areas. Job Corps will help participants find employment, housing and transportation after graduation. It remains in touch with participants for up to a year to make sure you are settled in your new career.
http://bostonregion.jobcorps.gov/
Mayor’s Office of Jobs & Community Services
Jobs and Community Services plans, procures, manages, coordinates, leverages, and dispenses public and private funds and services to empower Boston residents, including youth, through education, training, career development, and human services. It is our purpose as an innovative public agency to promote economic self-sufficiency to ensure the full participation of all Boston residents in the city's economic vitality and future. It is also our purpose to be an advocate, clearinghouse, and laboratory for "best practices" in literacy, lifelong learning, job training/placement, and human services to Boston residents. JCS manages federal workforce funding for alternative education, career exploration, and employment programming for youth at risk.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/jcs/commServices.asp
Youth Opportunity (YO) - Boston
YO Boston is a city-wide program that helps adjudicated young people on the wrong path make a turn toward a positive, self-sufficient future. YO Boton offers a three-part service system designed to get young people on a path to skill development and self-sufficiency : (1) on-site intervention in detention facilities and referrals from law enforcement; (2) stabilization, case management, and support services; and (3) education, job readiness training, and job placement.
