YouthWorks

youth ages 14-21

Our collaboration with the Hampden County Workforce Board provides a structured, well-supervised work experience for low-income, at-risk youth ages 14-21.

Risk factors strongly considered when selecting youth participants:

• History of juvenile delinquency, either having the status of “court involved,” in the custody of Department of Youth Services or on Juvenile Court probation
• Poor academic performance or a school dropout
• Homeless or a runaway
• Aged out or close to aging out of foster care
• The child of a single working parent
• Have a disability or special needs
• Lack fluency in English, or a foreign immigrant
• A teen parent