What’s Happening

GLWIB Announces FY08 Youth Vendors

The Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board is pleased to announce continued funding support for
10 youth vendor programs under the Workforce Investment Act. These programs have
demonstrated success in the past and through a competitive process have been awarded funding for
the FY08 year. Congratulations to all our youth vendors!

For a list of monthly vendor meetings, please click here


The Lowell Police Department and the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board Partner for the Executive Office of Public Safety Grant

The Executive Office of Public Safety awarded a grant to the Lowell Police Department to partner with the GLWIB and the Career Center of Lowell to expand summer employment programming.

Specifically targeted at urban youth in areas at-risk for gang activity and violence, the grant provides for the City of Lowell Parks and Recreation Department to add a nighttime basketball program to their activities, and to the Career Center of Lowell to place an additional 25 youth in summer employment opportunities throughout the city. Some of these youth will spend the summer at the Student Police Academy Program, and others will work at various sites learning new skills which will help them secure future employment.

The GLWIB and the LPD were pleased to combine efforts to combat youth and violence and the inter-agency partnership may lead to future projects together.

The Governor’s Grant Awarded to the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board

The GLWIB was recently awarded the Governor’s Grant, “Summer Jobs for Youth At-Risk” to help place over 100 youth in work experiences this summer. Over the past several years the GLWIB has worked with the Career Center of Lowell to implement this grant, designed to help youth gain new skills at work sites throughout the city during 7 weeks in the summer.

To view photos of last year's summer experience, click here

The GLWIB and the City of Lowell launch “Summer Jobs for Lowell Youth”

The Lowell City Manager’s Office, the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board and the Career Center of Lowell are collaborating on “Summer Jobs for Lowell Youth,” a project that arose from the need to help teens obtain summer employment. Local employers have the chance to mentor a youth and help develop the skills and work ethic of the future workforce, and teens have the opportunity to build work experience that will help them become productive members of the workforce.

We are appealing to Lowell employers to hire a youth for the summer. At a minimum, it would be a 7-week commitment for 15-30 hours a week at a wage of at least $8.00 an hour, but some students are available part-time during the school year as well. The Career Center of Lowell Youth Department is conducting pre-screenings and assessments of eligible candidates, as well as preparatory workshops. Employers will be provided with several appropriate candidates from which to choose.

For more information, call 978-805-4815 and ask about the Summer Jobs for Lowell Youth Program.

To hire a teen, submit an online form