More than $400,000 will fund summer jobs for teens and young adults across Massachusetts, with 38 nonprofits, cities and towns receiving grants through the attorney general’s Healthy Summer Youth Jobs program.
The paid positions center on public health and professional development, along with mental health and peer support, environmental projects, violence prevention and substance-use harm reduction.
A record 155 applications this year underscored strong demand for the program, which is aimed at expanding youth employment opportunities statewide.
With a record 155 applications for youth job grants, what hidden economic pressures are driving Massachusetts teens to seek summer employment so urgently?
Massachusetts is pouring funds into youth public health jobs, but will short-term summer roles actually curb local violence and substance abuse?
As 38 organizations secure highly competitive youth job grants, what secret criteria separated the winners from the other 117 rejected applicants?