Immigrant Youth Advancement Grant

Grant Program Purpose & Details
The City of Boston is offering a grant to recruit and offer work experience opportunities to immigrant youth, ensuring that their program involvement is engaging, meaningful, and a building block for their professional development and personal success. Organizations will provide leadership development and professional skills attainment in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner, offering access to programs that are essential to their economic and social inclusion. In collaboration with nonprofit organizations across the City, we seek to support program models that offer immigrant youth the 21st-century skills to succeed when they enter the workforce as well as early exposure to various career paths.
The Immigrant Youth Advancement (IYA) Program pairs diverse students with immigrant-serving non-profits across the city of Boston to provide professional, hands-on experience, vital life skills, for their future development as community leaders. With a focus on inclusivity, the program caters to youth ages 14-24, with summer participants committing 20 hours weekly for six weeks. The IYA program ensures equal opportunities for personal and professional growth for youth, regardless of immigration status.
Award Amount per Grant per Organization:

• Varies on the number of youth being allotted to serve
• Amount Available per Youth Served:

Up to and not to exceed $2,400.00 per youth ($1,800 for payments, based on federal minimum wage, and $600 for programmatic costs). In addition, organizations will be eligible to receive 5% for any indirect/administrative expenses (accounting, payment processing, and fiscal sponsorship fees).
Programmatic costs include staff time devoted to the program, materials/supplies, and related costs for program activities.

Eligibility

Boston-based nonprofit organizations serving immigrant populations