YouthWorks FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions for Young People
YouthWorks
Putting Teens and Young Adults on the Path to Employment
Overview
YouthWorks is a state-funded youth employment program that helps teens and young adults develop the skills and experience needed to find and keep jobs. Participants take part in paid short-term work placements during the summer and/or school year at public, private, and nonprofit work sites. As part of the program, they receive training in core soft skills, practice professional behavior and learn how to work effectively with supervisors, co-workers, and customers at their work sites. They also learn how to take the next steps in their education and career pathways.
We have a 6-8-week YouthWorks summer program and a year-round program that runs from September to May, serving youth up to the age of 25! All YouthWorks programs use the Signal Success curriculum to help young people learn and practice the skills that matter at work, at school, and in life.
Impact Numbers
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Resources
- Youth Advancement
Frequently Asked Questions for Employers
- Youth Advancement
Saving Summer Jobs: How Summer Youth Employment Programs Improve Youth Outcomes during COVID-19; Kids Today: Boston’s Declining Child Population and Its Effect on School Enrollment; Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on Employment across Massachusetts
News
Blog
- Youth Advancement
In today’s economy, it is difficult for young adults to find jobs. Unless you have legitimate work experience on your résumé, few employers are willing to give you a chance.
- Youth Advancement
We had the pleasure of joining Malden High School staff, faculty, and students, Malden Mayor Gary Christenson and the Metro North Regional Employment Board to celebrate the acceptance of 25 Malden High School students into the new YouthWorks Plus program.
- Youth Advancement
We are in the midst of a youth employment crisis. Employment among teens in Massachusetts has dropped by nearly half since the late 1990s, from 54 percent in 1999 to just 27 percent in 2013. About half of today’s high school students have not had any job experience, leaving these young people at a significant disadvantage in the future.
- Youth Advancement
Commonwealth Corporation was awarded two $100,000 grants from The Boston Foundation and Cummings Foundation to support the design, development, and testing of YouthWorks Plus - an effort to transform Massachusetts' summer jobs program for low-income youth into a multi-year sequence of work experiences that will increase long-term employment outcomes for participating youth.
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