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City outlines 'Let’s Play Boston' plan to boost youth sports, targets equity gaps
Summary
City officials presented Let’s Play Boston, a three‑part initiative to raise participation citywide by addressing affordability, facilities and coaching; the program includes grants (up to $5,000), emergency relief awards, Swim Safe Boston lessons and a goal aligned with Healthy People 2030.
Boston officials on Dec. 1 presented a citywide plan to increase youth sports participation across neighborhoods, saying the administration will combine grantmaking, facilities investment and coach development to broaden access.
“For the record, my name is Jose Maso, and I am the chief of human services,” Maso told the Boston City Council Committee on Strong Women, Families and Community as he outlined the Let's Play Boston initiative. Maso said the program centers three priorities: lowering barriers to participation, investing in human capital and physical infrastructure, and leveraging sports to build community and economic opportunity.
Maso said participation in city schools is uneven: “In 2023, 43% of high school students and 53% of middle schoolers said that they participated in at least 1 sport,” and identified racial and gender gaps he…
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