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Council accepts multiple workforce and financial empowerment grants, including YouthWorks funding for 1,000 youth
Summary
The council accepted and referred workforce and financial empowerment grants totaling several million dollars, including a $4.15 million YouthWorks award to fund summer and school‑year jobs for low‑income youth and smaller grants for reemployment and services for people with visual impairments and for financial coaching.
The City Council approved multiple grants to support workforce development, youth employment, and financial empowerment programs administered by the Office of Workforce Development and partner organizations.
The council accepted a YouthWorks grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development for $4,149,200 to fund summer and school‑year job placements, leadership development, skills training, and career exploration for low‑income youth ages 14–25. Councilor Murphy, chair of the Committee on Strong Women, Families and Communities, said the program supports more than 1,000 youth and provides pathways into industries such as biotech, education, and public service.
Other workforce‑related dockets were referred to committee. The council referred two small federal and state grants to the Committee on Labor, Workforce and Economic Development: a $16,937.03 grant (Wagner‑Peyser) to fund individual re‑employment services and fraud prevention and a $13,735 grant from the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind to support employment and training for legally blind individuals at career centers. Separately, the council accepted a donor‑funded $210,000 financial empowerment package that includes United Way and LISC grants to support a full‑time financial/employment coach and digital‑literacy and credit‑building services through the Center for Working Families.
Action: Docket 0887 (YouthWorks) was reported out of committee and passed on the floor. Dockets 0943 and 0944 were referred to the Committee on Labor, Workforce and Economic Development; docket 0848 (financial empowerment grants) was approved by the council.
