- Office of Attorney General Maura Healey
Media Contact for AG Healey Funds Summer Jobs for Young People Across the State
Chloe Gotsis
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that her office is awarding nearly $300,000 in grant funding to 73 organizations across the state to fund summer jobs for young people that are focused on promoting health and wellness. Grantees have adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic in a number of ways, including providing personal protective equipment (PPE), social distancing, and transitioning to virtual workspaces.
This is the sixth year that the AG’s Office is running the Healthy Summer Youth Jobs Grant Program, which enables teens to have a direct impact in their communities by working in jobs that promote good nutrition, physical fitness and healthy living. The grant program is funded with health care and fair labor related settlement money from the AG’s Office.
“Our summer jobs program provides teens across the state with an opportunity to challenge themselves, build new skills, and make a difference in their own communities by promoting healthy living,” AG Healey said. “We’re pleased to be continuing this program this summer and we are grateful to our grantees for making important adjustments to their programs during this unprecedented time to ensure employed teens are safe.”
Examples of jobs funded through this year’s grant program include:
- Building and maintaining a community garden or urban farm;
- Addressing food security and wellness needs of low-income communities;
- Providing virtual educational content on the environment and local natural resources; and
- Instructing youth virtually on at-home wellness activities.
This summer, the AG’s Community Engagement Division will be providing webinars on workers’ rights to all teens employed through the grant program.
Since launching the grant program in 2015, AG Healey has funded more than 900 jobs for young people across the state.
This year, 73 organizations – including nonprofits, municipalities, and other government offices – will be receiving funding through the program, including:
Barnstable Public Schools
Cape Cod YMCA in Sandwich
Berkshire County
Many Forks Form in Clarksburg
Berkshire South Regional Community Center in Great Barrington
Northern Berkshire Community Coalition in North Adams
MCLA in North Adams
Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield
Bristol County
Boys and Girls Club of Fall River in Assonet
Attleboro YMCA
Dukes County
Island Grown Initiative in Vineyard Haven
Essex County
YMCA of the North Shore in Beverly
City of Gloucester Health Department
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill
Beyond Soccer, Inc. in Lawrence
Centro de Apoyo Familiar in Lawrence
Groundwork Lawrence
Suenos Basketball in Lawrence
New American Association of Massachusetts in Lynn
The Food Project Inc. in Lynn
Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford
Coastal Foodshed, Inc. in New Bedford
Town of Norton
YMCA of Metro North in Peabody
Camp Fire North Shore in Salem
Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Merrimack Valley in Salisbury
Boys and Girls Club of Metro South in Taunton
Hampden County
Gardening the Community, a Project of Third Sector New England in Springfield
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield
Hampshire County
Amherst Survival Center
All Out Adventures in Northampton
Middlesex County
Cambridge Camping Association
Everett Public Schools
Share Your Love Foundation in Everett
Greater Fall River RE-CREATION
City of Lowell Recreation Department
Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell
Mill City Grows in Lowell
Boys and Girls Club of MetroWest in Marlborough
Hockomock Area YMCA in Milford
Waltham Boys and Girls Club
Norfolk County
South Shore YMCA in Quincy
Old Colony YMCA in Stoughton
Suffolk County
Boys & Girls Club of Boston
Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc.
Doc Wayne Youth Services in Boston
La Alianza Hispana in Boston
Save the Harbor Save the Bay in Boston
YMCA of Greater Boston
West End House in Allston
Community Rowing Inc., in Brighton
The 3Point Foundation Inc., in Brighton
Charlestown Coalition
All Dorchester Sports and Leadership in Dorchester
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts in Dorchester
The Boston Project Ministries in Dorchester
Piers Park Sailing Center in East Boston
Hyde Square Task Force, Inc. in Jamaica Plain
Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition
Immigrant Family Service Institute in Roslindale
Madison Park Development Corporation in Roxbury
Sociedad Latina in Roxbury
Mothers for Justice and Equality in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan
Philips Brooks House Association, Inc. in Boston and Cambridge
Chelsea Collaborative
GreenRoots in Chelsea
City of Revere / Revere on the Move
Worcester County
Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster
Spanish American Center in Leominster
Town of Rutland Recreation Department
The Southeast Asian Coalition of Massachusetts in Worcester
Worcester Youth Center
YMCA of Central Mass in Worcester
AG Healey’s Healthy Summer Youth Jobs Grant Program will fund employment for young people at the organizations from July 6, 2020 through September 4, 2020.
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Media Contact for AG Healey Funds Summer Jobs for Young People Across the State
