Restore school-year youth jobs and fellowships funding
Resident asks to use $500,000 to restore community organization funding for school-year youth jobs and fellowships, including for immigrant youth, giving kids in Roxbury and Dorchester constructive after-school options.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Use $500,000 to restore funding for community organizations to provide school-year youth jobs and fellowships at community organizations, for both youth generally and for immigrant youth.
Who it helps and why
Youth jobs for both immigrant and non-immigrant kids in the city will give opportunities to kids in underserved parts of the city like Roxbury and Dorchester the opportunity to participate in something constructive after school
Details
- Cycle
- 2026–27
- Submitted
- August 7, 2026
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Education, Youth & Families
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
- Themes
- Youth jobs & fellowships
Themes grouped with AI from resident idea text.
The same need in other cycles
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2024–25 (73 matching)
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- BetOnYouth skills and work experience for young adultsResident proposes an initiative giving young adults aged 18-30 skills, work experience and resources to foster leadership and innovation, with equal access for marginalized youth.2024–25City-wide
- Youth employment program with mentorsResident proposes a social program that builds infrastructure to employ youth and develops mentors to support them.2024–25City-wide