Immigrant Youth Advancement Program
A leadership and work-readiness program for immigrant students
We want to ensure our City's youth all have the same opportunities for personal and professional development. The Immigrant Youth Advancement Program, formerly called the Dreamers Fellowship, provides leadership training and hands-on experience to immigrant youth regardless of immigration status.
The grant application for the Fall 2024 Immigrant Youth Advancement (IYA) Program is now closed. Please fill out this interest form if your non profit organization is interested in applying for future IYA grants. Organizations must provide leadership development and professional skills attainment in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner.
Eligible youth should fill out this interest form. The application for the work experience opportunity is expected to be available by early October 2024. Once applications become available, we will notify youth via email.
For information and how to participate, email IYA@boston.gov.
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Questions? Contact:
Immigrant Advancement -
1 CITY HALL SQUARE, ROOM 806
BOSTON, MA 02201-2030
About
Through this program, Boston’s diverse immigrant students are paired with immigrant-serving nonprofits across the City to gain:
- hands-on experience
- acquire life skills, and
- earn a scholarship towards their professional development as community leaders.
The Immigrant Youth Advancement Program is a partnership between:
- The fellowship is for youth between 14 - 24 years old
- Summer participants complete 19.5 hours a week for six weeks
- Fall and Spring participants complete 10 hours a week for 10 weeks
- Participants receive a biweekly scholarship
Nonprofit partners
Nonprofit partners
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Questions? Contact:
Immigrant Advancement -
1 CITY HALL SQUARE, ROOM 806
BOSTON, MA 02201-2030
