Youth Supports
& Opportunities

YouthBuild Boston (YBB) was founded in 1990 with the goal of providing underserved young people with the support and credentials needed to successfully enter the construction and design industry.

YOU Boston offers young people an opportunity to work and learn, along with intensive staff support.

ABCD is a nonprofit human services organization that each year impacts 100,000 residents with the tools and resources needed to transition from poverty to stability and from stability to success.

Youth Villages provides our Intercept® intensive in-home services and LifeSetTM program models in Massachusetts.

It is our objective to cultivate sportsmanship, discipline, teamwork, good conduct, and provide a positive learning experience geared towards developing the fundamental and athletic ability of our players.

Learn music producation in recording studios where music magic is made

Meeting in small teams, trained volunteer coaches inspire team members with and without disabilities to strengthen confidence and other important life skills through dynamic, interactive lessons and physical activity. Girls on the run grades 3-5, Heart and sole grade 6-8

Each year we collect roughly 5,000 used bicycles and tons of used parts from our supporters around Greater Boston and New England. Bikes that don't get shipped are distributed in Youth Pathways, where teens learn bicycle safety and mechanics skills in the process of earning bikes to keep for themselves.

​Boston Medical Center works in collaboration with the Boston Public Health Commission and the Play Safe Campaign to provide low cost helmets to the people of Boston. This program in open to the public in addition to patients at Boston Medical Center.

West End House is the largest youth development agency in the Allston-Brighton community providing high-impact programs. Our programs focus on Academic & College Success, Fitness & Nutrition, Leadership & Life Skills, and Visual & Performing Arts.

Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. Programs include - clubs, summer programs, and college/career programs

La Alianza Hispana, Inc. is a community based organization providing culturally and linguistically appropriate health and education programs to the Latino Community of Greater Boston.

Formal and informal youth development programming. Programs include - Jr zoo keeping club at Stone Zoo, teen ambassador (paid), ZooTeen (paid)

Programs include - out of school time programs, teen and alumni programs, and community organizing and engagment programs

Our Teen Urban Tree Corps (TUTC) Program has two components: a paid school-year program and a 6-week paid summer program.

Programs include - MGH youth scholars, elementary and middle school STEM clubs, summer job program

Programs include - MGH youth scholars, elementary and middle school STEM clubs, summer job program

Provide a variety of free programs during the school year and summer that develop the skills that lead to success in education, employment, and life and by supporting the journey to post-secondary education.

ADSL provides sports, after-school, and summer enrichment programming for youth ages 5-18, helping them to build self-esteem, leadership skills, and healthy lifestyles.

Jumpstart provides members with the training, coaching, and support to ensure that all of Jumpstart’s activities provide children with high-quality, developmentally appropriate experiences and supportive interactions with well-trained adults

The Possible Zone (TPZ) is an engaging, hands-on, and tuition-free youth development program that helps high school students develop the entrepreneurial mindset, skills, and social capital that prepare them for innovative careers of the future.

Summer Srarch provides mentoring, summer experiential learning, and by providing support during the critical transition from high school to post-secondary education through to launching a fulfilling career.

RAW offers a variety of free programming from painting to filmmaking, for kids in grades 4-12. RAW uses art to ask kids “What is really going on?” in their lives, giving them the tools to create in unexpected ways, and envision new possibilities for their future.

The program works to increase students’ interest in science and healthcare, spark college aspirations and preparedness, and aims to support Scholars to succeed academically in high school, graduate from college, and enter the workforce with a strong sense of academic fortitude and confidence.

Sets chicas up with the skills, tools, contacts and self-confidence to successfully launch themselves into adulthood, in whatever path they choose.