Immigrant Youth Advancement
A leadership and work-readiness program for immigrant students
We want to ensure our City's youth have the same opportunities for personal and professional development. The Immigrant Youth Advancement Program, formerly the Dreamers Fellowship, provides leadership training and hands-on experience to immigrant youth regardless of immigration status.
MOIA has selected its Spring 2025 Immigrant Youth Advancement Program (IYA) partners to offer work experience opportunities to immigrant youth.
These organizations will provide leadership development and professional skills attainment in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner. Fill out this interest form if your non-profit organization is interested in applying for future IYA grants. All the different work experience opportunities for youth from the IYA program will be available on the futureBOS platform in early April. Please note that acceptance into the program is at the discretion of each nonprofit, and we cannot guarantee participation.
Eligible youth can fill out the interest form. We will notify youth via email once youth applications for the Spring 2025 session become available. The application is expected to open by late March 2025.
We invite immigrant youth, their families, and youth-serving organizations to get our newsletter to stay informed and connect with our office. Sign up for our newsletter here!
For more information 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
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- Internships and job training
- College prep and financial aid
- English classes and skills courses
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Questions? Contact:
Immigrant Advancement -
1 CITY HALL SQUARE, ROOM 806
BOSTON, MA 02201-2030
