These funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and administered in partnership with the Mayor's office of Housing (MOH), support programs that help low-income residents improve their economic security, offering services like education, job training, and career development. 

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a U.S. Department of Labor program to serve youth who face education, training, and employment barriers. The Office of Workforce Development, in partnership with the Boston Private Industry Council, utilizes these funds to support programs serving out-of-school youth ages 18-24 on a pathway towards post-secondary attainment or career-level employment.

YouthWorks is a state-funded subsudized youth employment program for teens and young adults age 14-25.  Programs include work experience and career exploration opportunities as well as professional development training.

Each year the City of Boston allocates approximately $500,000 to fund the Alternative Education Initiative (AEI). The goal of Boston's AEI initiative is to ensure that youth who are not effectively served in mainstream education systems are connected to alternative education programs to provide them with the skills and credentials necessary to access career-oriented employment.

The Neighborhood Jobs Trust (NJT) is a public charitable trust replenished by linkage fees from developers of large-scale commercial projects in Boston. NJT funds jobs and job training programs for low- and moderate-income Boston residents.

The Good Jobs Metro Boston Coalition aims to train and place residents in 4,618 quality jobs over the three-year grant period. Our targeted industries are childcare, healthcare, and clean energy. 

The ABA grant is a four year $3M grant funded by the U.S. Department of Labor supporting pre-apprenticeship programs leading to Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) from community partners in four industries: construction, hospitality, healthcare, and life sciences.

The Climate Ready Workforce Grant provides $9.8M in funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide job training to Boston residents that build in-demand and emerging climate resilience skills, offer wraparound services to ensure workers' success, and place workers in good jobs and career pathways.