Grantees ensure youth have increased access to adult (and near peer) mentors to help strengthen the skills needed to make positive decisions, advance education equity, and deliver in or after-school learning opportunities, employment, and social support for youth through exposure to different careers and/or age-appropriate hands-on experiences in employment and school settings.
The intervention framework weave culturally responsive Social and Emotional Learning concepts with Experiential Learning models to deliver engaging, stimulating activities that have a real-world basis. The experiential activities help the youth connect what they are learning to prior knowledge and apply it to new situations or problems.
The general scope of services enhance:
- Safety & emotional well-being
- Health and education equity
- Leadership of youth and people with lived experiences
- Civic engagement/Youth activism
- Behavioral health support
Our approach is guided by the following core principles
- Racial Equity
- Build and sustain leadership of people of color and those from underrepresented populations
- Ensure programming is data driven, evidence based or evidence-informed, theory based and directly highlights and addresses racial inequities
- Provide services to people of color through community collaborations and networking building
- Address structured and institutional racism through a variety of policy and system strategies
- Provide Culturally responsive Trauma-and- resilience informed approaches
- Promote a just society with equity in economics, political and social rights, and opportunities for people of color
PVP Program List
| Organization | Location | Program Name | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Club of Holyoke | Holyoke | Strategies Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) | SAVE |
| Brick House | Turners Falls | Youth Programs | Youth Programs |
| Brookview House | Boston(Dorchester) | Youth Development | Youth Development |
| Center for Human Development | Hadley | Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Hampshire County (BBBS) | BBBS |
| Center for Teen Empowerment(TE) | Boston (Roxbury and Dorchester) | Teen Empowerment Youth Leadership Employment Initiative | Youth Development Initiative |
| Chica | Boston, Framingham | Chicas In Bloom | Chicas In Bloom |
| Community Adolescent Resource & Education Center (Care Center) | Holyoke | New Directions | New Directions |
| Community Against Substance Abuse | Winthrop | CASA Youth Programs | CASA Youth Programs |
| Doc Wayne Youth Services | Boston (Dorchester (See the School-Based Behavioral Health Directory for specific locations | Chalk Talk Group Therapy | Chalk Talk Therapy |
| DotHouse Health | Boston (Dorchester) | Generation Next Academy | Dot House Health Youth Services |
| Family Services of Merrimac Valley | ESTEEM | ESTEEM | |
| Friends of the Children | Boston (Roxbury) | Boston Youth Violence Prevention | Boston Youth Violence Prevention |
| Gandara | Boston (East Boston) See the School-Based Behavioral Health Directory for specific locations | Boston Youth Violence Prevention Program | Gandara Youth and Family Services |
| Girls Inc. of the Valley | Holyoke | Eureka! | Eureka! |
| Hyde Square Taskforce | Boston (Jamaica Plain) | Jóvenes en Acción/Youth in Action (JEA) | JEA |
| IMPACT | Boston (Boston & Charlestown) See School-Based Behavioral Health Directory for specific locations | Peer Impact | Triangle Inc. and Impact Boston Joint Statement |
| Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción | Boston | Youth Development Program | Youth Development Program |
| Lawrence Community Works | Lawrence | Movement City | Movement City |
| Louis D. Brown Peace Institute | Boston (Dorchester) | Girls Leadership Academy (GLA) | Girls-Leadership-Academy |
| LUK Crisis Center | Fitchburg | Prevention Services | LUK Prevention Services |
| Multicultural Wellness Center | Worcester | Broader/New Horizons Program | Broader New Horizons Program |
| Pa’lante Restorative Justice | Holyoke | Pa’lante Restorative Justice Youth Leadership Hub | Youth Leadership Hub |
| Project R.I.G.H.T., Inc. | Boston (Dorchester) | Grove Hall Youth Outreach Connection Positive Youth Development | Positive Youth Development |
| Raw Art Works (RAW) | Lowell | Raw Art Works RAW | RAW |
| Resist Inc | Boston (Dorchester) | Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Health and Safety – Teens Lead | Teens Lead @ work website |
| Silver Lining Mentoring | Greater Boston | Mentoring for Youth in Foster Care | --- |
| Sociedad Latina, Inc. | Boston (Roxbury) | Pathways to Success | Pathways to Success |
| Springfield School Volunteers | Springfield | Smith College Project Coach | Project Coach |
| Upham’s Corner Health Committee, Inc. d/b/a Bird Street Community Center | Boston (Roxbury) | Youth Development/Violence Prevention | Upham Corner d/b/a/ Bird Street Community Center |
| Worcester Youth Programs | Worcester/td> | Youth Programs | Youth Programs |
| YMCA of Brockton Old Colony YMCA/td> | Brockton | Old Colony Y Kids Konnect/ Ladder Program | Kids Konnect/ Ladder Program |
| YMCA of Metro North | Lynn | Lynn YMCA Youth Academy Out of School Time | YMCA Out of School Time |
| Youth Guidance | Boston | Becoming A Man (BAM) Working On Womanhood (WOW) | BAM WOW |
| YWCA of Lowell | Lowell | Bridge to Equity Program | Bridge to Equity Program |