AG Grant To MetroWest Boys & Girls Clubs Funds Summer Jobs

MARLBOROUGH, MA — The Boys and Girls Clubs of MetroWest is one of 74 organizations across the state that will be able to hire local teens this summers thanks in part to a $300,000 grant from Attorney General Maura Healey's office.

Here's more from an AG's office press release:

Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that her office is awarding nearly $300,000 in grant funding to 74 organizations across the state to fund summer jobs for young people that are focused on promoting health and wellness.

This is the seventh 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. As the state continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, grantees will continue to provide personal protective equipment (PPE), incorporate social distancing, and transition to virtual workplaces where appropriate.

"Our summer jobs program provides hundreds of teens across the state with an opportunity to challenge themselves, gain new skills, and make a difference in their own communities by promoting healthy living," AG Healey said. "We have worked hard to continue this program each year and are grateful to our grantees for making important adjustments to their programs to ensure employed teens are safe as we recover from the pandemic."

This summer, the AG’s Community Engagement Division will be providing webinars and in-person trainings on workers’ rights to teens employed through the grant program.

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 educational content on the environment and local natural resources; and
• Instructing youth on recreational and wellness activities.

Since launching the grant program in 2015, AG Healey has funded more than 1,000 jobs for young people across the state. This year, 74 organizations – including nonprofits, municipalities, and other government offices – will be receiving funding through the program, including:

Barnstable County

• Pleasant Bay Community Boating in Harwich
• Cape Cod YMCA in Sandwich

Berkshire County

• Greenagers, Inc. in South Egremont
• Berkshire South Regional Community Center in Great Barrington
• Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield

Bristol County

• Community Boating Center of New Bedford
• Boys and Girls Club of Fall River in Assonet
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South in Brockton and Taunton

Dukes County

• Island Grown Initiative in West Tisbury
• Martha’s Vineyard Boys & Girls Club

Essex County

• Backyard Growers in Gloucester
• Beyond Soccer, Inc. in Lawrence
• Camp Fire North Shore in Salem
• City of Newburyport
• Groundwork Lawrence
• New American Association of Massachusetts in Lynn
• Suenos Basketball in Lawrence
• YMCA of Metro North in Peabody
• YMCA of the North Shore in Beverly
• The Food Project Inc. in Lynn

Franklin Country

• Greenfield Recreation Department
• Hilltown Youth & Recovery Theatre in Shelburne Falls
• Hampden County
• Gardening the Community, a Project of Third Sector New England in Springfield
• Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield
• Ascentria Community Services, Inc in West Springfield
• Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke, Inc
• Springfield Boys & Girls Club, Inc

Hampshire County

• Amherst Survival Center
• All Out Adventures in Northampton
• MMASDC, Inc. in Amherst
• City of Easthampton

Middlesex County

• The3PointFoundation in West Newton
• Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest in Marlborough
• Community Farms Outreach in Waltham
• Mill City Grows in Lowell
• Mystic Valley YMCA in Malden
• REACH Beyond Domestic Violence in Waltham
• City of Somerville
• Watertown Boys and Girls Club
• Phillips Brooks House Association, Inc in Boston
• Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell, Inc
• MetroWest YMCA in Framingham
• Cambridge Camping Association
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefield

Norfolk County

• Old Colony YMCA in Stoughton
• Town of Randolph
• South Shore YMCA in Quincy

Worcester County

• Making Opportunity Count (MOC, Inc.) in Fitchburg
• Ansaar of Worcester, Inc
• Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
• City of Worcester
• Girls Inc. of Worcester
• Hockomock Area YMCA in Milford
• Regional Environmental Council in Worcester
• YMCA of Central Massachusetts in Worcester

Plymouth County

• Family and Community Resources, Inc in Brockton
• The Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield

Suffolk County

• All Dorchester Sports & Leadership in Dorchester
• Bikes Not Bombs, Inc in Jamaica Plain
• Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston
• Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc. in Boston
• City of Revere/Revere on the Move
• Community Rowing, Inc in Brighton
• La Alianza Hispana in Boston
• Level Ground Mixed Martial Arts in Dorchester
• Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition
• Piers Park Sailing Center in East Boston
• St. Stephen's Youth Programs in Boston
• YMCA of Greater Boston
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
• Charlestown Coalition
• The Boston Project Ministries in Dorchester
• GreenRoots in Chelsea
• City of Chelsea - Public Works

AG Healey’s Healthy Summer Youth Jobs Grant Program will fund employment for young people at the organizations from July 5, 2021 through September 3, 2021.