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BOSTON - March 30,
2021 - Mayor Kim Janey today announced the opening of SuccessLink Summer
Youth Job applications. SuccessLink is the City of Boston's online tool
that enables Boston youth to register for summer jobs. Applications are
open on the City's website now through May 9 for Boston teens aged
15 to 18. With the support of the Mayor’s Health Human Service (HHS)
cabinet, the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment’s (DYEE)
commitment to youth jobs remains steadfast in spite of the challenges
created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The City will aim to provide 5,000 jobs
to youth and young adults this summer across more than 170 nonprofit,
community-based organizations and city agencies.
"The
SuccessLink Youth Summer Jobs program provides Boston’s youth with
valuable skills and opportunities that will empower them and lead them to
future success in the workforce,” said Mayor Kim Janey. “I encourage all
Boston teens to apply for the program, as it will inspire personal growth
and allow for a head start for future opportunities in the working
world.”
In FY22 Mayor
Janey will invest an additional $4.7 million in youth jobs, increasing
the total budget to $12.5 million that translates to enriching youth jobs
in organizations located in neighborhoods across the city to give youth
early exposure to various career paths. In the summer of 2020, there was
significant interest in the Learn and Earn Postsecondary Program. This
engaged young people in college courses at partner institutions, such as
Benjamin Franklin Institute, Bunker Hill Community College, Roxbury
Community College, and Urban College of Boston, and provided career
coaching to allow teens to earn their summer paychecks. A considerable
number of youth engaged in virtual and hybrid project-based learning in
partnership with Northeastern University/Practera and SuccessLink’s
peer-to-peer partnerships. The most involved investments and commitments
came from local partner organizations. Nonprofits, community-based
organizations, and city agencies designed creative approaches to host
young people in internships and summer jobs.
Like last summer,
SuccessLink will continue to offer a combination of hybrid, virtual and
in-person work experiences in a range of fields, including the arts,
government and advocacy, STEM, sports and recreation, childcare,
education, and more. In partnership with DYEE, the Mayor’s Office of
Workforce Development will continue the Learn and Earn Postsecondary
program. Virtual experiential learning through project-based activities
will also be offered, focusing efforts on providing jobs to vulnerable
youth populations through the Massachusetts Commonwealth Corporation YouthWorks partnership. This partnership ensures
disadvantaged, vulnerable and youth with identified risk barriers have
access to employment opportunities.
As an additional
youth leadership development initiative, DYEE is collaborating with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement to further a Dreamers Fellowship
initiative designed to engage immigrant youth.
To further
strengthen the Boston summer jobs program, DYEE has introduced a grant
funding component for partner organizations as part of the SuccessLink
Youth Employment Program. This new approach will provide selected
grantees with an allocated number of youth positions, where the wages for
the youth employees will be funded through a grant. The partner
organization will be responsible for managing the recruitment, hiring,
and payroll process for youth participants. The goal of this revised
service delivery model is to increase job placements and improve quality
experiences for youth and non-profits who partner with the City of Boston
to hire and create workforce development opportunities for young
people.
With the
introduction of grant partnerships, there are two ways for youth to get
connected to a SuccessLink job:
·
SuccessLink Direct Jobs: Youth will be hired by the City of Boston through the
traditional SuccessLink portal to work across various organizations
·
SuccessLink Grant Jobs: Youth will be hired directly through the
grant partners’ online application process.
Because of this
change, the DYEE youth jobs webpage has been redesigned to help young people
navigate the application, onboarding, and hiring processes. This ensures
that youth and families have access to the resources they need to
effectively navigate the employment process.
The SuccessLink
Youth Employment Program is largely funded by the City of Boston and is
designed not only to recruit and hire youth, but also to ensure that
their employment experience is engaging, meaningful, and serves as a
building block for their professional development and personal success.
DYEE also partners with a host of nonprofit organizations, city and
quasi-city agencies, as well as other key youth employment providers
across the city, supported with outside additional resources, including Action for Boston Community Development, the
Boston Private Industry Council, John Hancock’s MLK Scholars, Youth
Options Unlimited, and the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, to provide meaningful employment
opportunities to a collective 8,000 youth between the ages of
14-21.
Youth interested
in applying to DYEE’s SuccessLink Summer Job Program must meet the
following requirements:
Must be a
full-time resident of the City of Boston
Must turn 15 years
old on or before September 1, 2021
Cannot turn 19
years old on or before September 1, 2021
Must be legally
permitted to work in the United States
For more
information on DYEE’s summer employment program and additional youth
resources, visit youth.boston.gov.
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