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My First Place is an education and employment program developed nearly two decades ago by First Place for Youth. Envisioning a future where the disparities between foster care-involved youth and their non-foster peers have been eliminated, the My First Place program is expanding to communities across the country, starting with HopeWell’s implementation in Boston. Through My First Place, youth receive stable, safe, and affordable housing, community-based case management, and individualized education and employment support. A team of staff including a Youth Advocate, an Education and Employment Specialist, and a Housing Specialist, support youth in working towards healthy living, education, employment, and housing goals set by the youth. HopeWell began serving youth through My First Place in February of 2018 and the program is steadily expanding. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and engaged team to serve transition-age youth comprehensively. The Youth Advocate is...

My First Place is an education and employment program developed nearly two decades ago by First Place for Youth. Envisioning a future where the disparities between foster care-involved youth and their non-foster peers have been eliminated, the My First Place program is expanding to communities across the country, starting with HopeWell’s implementation in Boston. Through My First Place, youth receive stable, safe and affordable housing, community-based case management, and individualized education and employment support.  A team of staff including a Youth Advocate, an Education and Employment Specialist, and a Housing Specialist, support a youth in working towards healthy living, education, employment, and housing goals set by the youth. HopeWell began serving youth through My First Place in February of 2018 and the program is steadily expanding. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and engaged team to serve transition age youth comprehensively. The Education and...

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION The Fidelity Foundations are a group of private foundations that fund a diverse set of programs on a national scale. The Foundations are committed to advancing the long-term vibrancy of communities through capacity-building investments in non-profits from across arts and culture, education, conservation, health, and economic opportunity. We have a deep history of funding organizations in Boston and New England for over 50 years. We also support non-profits that strengthen the communities in other regions of the country where Fidelity Investments employees live and work. Today, the Foundations are at an important and exciting stage in our organizational history, having grown and evolved in recent years under new leadership. As our strategies and organization continue to develop, we are seeking individuals with skills and expertise that support the advancement and execution of a long-term portfolio of significant and strategic philanthropic investments....

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION The Fidelity Foundations are a group of private foundations that fund a diverse set of programs on a national scale. The Foundations are committed to advancing the long-term vibrancy of communities through capacity-building investments in non-profits from across arts and culture, education, conservation, health, and economic opportunity. We have a deep history of funding organizations in Boston and New England for over 50 years. We also support non-profits that strengthen the communities in other regions of the country where Fidelity Investments employees live and work. Today, the Foundations are at an important and exciting stage in our organizational history, having grown and evolved in recent years under new leadership. As our strategies and organization continue to develop, we are seeking individuals with skills and expertise that support the advancement and execution of a long-term portfolio of significant and strategic philanthropic investments....

Vice President of Programs & Services St. Francis House 
 Boston, MA   About St. Francis House   St. Francis House rebuilds lives by providing refuge and pathways to stability for adults experiencing homelessness and poverty. A leader in the field of homeless services, we are the largest day shelter in Massachusetts and serve hundreds of individuals every day, 365 days a year, with a range of services and an integrated program model that provides our guests with continuous and comprehensive care.   We transform lives using a holistic approach to understanding and addressing behavioral health, housing, and employment needs. Our programs and services represent everything a person experiencing homelessness needs to find their pathway to stability.   We excel in our commitment and ability to develop relationships with individuals who come here for day refuge services, foster in them a sense of hope and belief that they can make a positive...

MA Level Clinician will be responsible for maintaining a caseload of 7-8 children/adolescents/families. The MA Clinician will provide individual and family counseling and advocacy services to each client. In addition, clinician will make referrals to community services for each child/adolescent/family   RESPONISBILITES ·       Report to Clinical Supervisor ·       Provide clinical counseling services for 7-8 children/ adolescents/families. ·       Provide a minimum of two weekly individual/family counseling sessions for each child/adolescent/family. ·       Develop a working knowledge of community resources and make appropriate referrals. ·       Advocate on behalf of child/adolescent/family with other community programs. ·       Participate in co-leading time-limited groups, as needed. ·       Make referrals to other community agencies such as clinics, employment/vocational centers, etc. ·       Provide ongoing...

Job Title: Researcher Department: Programs, Advocacy, and Action (PAA) Reports to: Director for Research, Impact, and Learning Level: Union Position, Grade 6 FLSA Status: Exempt, Full-Time (35 hours/week) Starting Salary Range: $75,000 to 82,500 Location: Boston/Cambridge, MA (some positions may be remote eligible) Other Work Conditions The organization requires all UUSC community members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Our office in Cambridge, MA is regularly cleaned, and standard safety protocols are followed in accordance with public health authorities to prevent the spread of infectious disease.  Organization Overview Guided by Unitarian Universalist principles and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UUSC is a human rights organization that strives to advance human rights, dismantle systems of oppression, and uplift the inherent dignity and power of all people. We focus our work in three intersectional areas of justice:...

Social workers apply a child-centered, family-focused, trauma-informed approach to working with children and families. Social workers do this by providing therapeutic interventions, advocacy, counseling, guidance and community connections. Social workers carry caseloads of children and others carry caseloads of foster families based on the needs of the program.  Individuals and families served include children, foster families, birth families, kinship caregivers. Social workers are responsible for ensuring child safety and well-being, as well as quality foster care in accordance with out-of-home placement practices, DCF policies and EEC regulations.  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Conduct ongoing clinical assessments and evaluations of children’s and foster parents’ progress and needs. In conjunction with the treatment team, develop a written treatment plan for each child outlining specific goals and when/how these goals will be met. Maintain case files and documentation for...

Organization Overview  GreenLight Fund is a national nonprofit with a local focus that partners with communities to create opportunities for inclusive prosperity.  Each year we facilitate a community-driven process that matches the local needs of individuals and families not met by existing programs, to organizations with track records of success elsewhere. Working with communities, we identify, invite in and launch proven organizations, providing collaborative support so they can quickly take root and deliver change.  Everything we do is designed to remove barriers to inclusive prosperity all too often rooted in racial inequities. Our impact increases exponentially as we address one specific, community-identified need each year, in each GreenLight site.  Since 2004, we have launched 44 portfolio organizations across eleven sites, invested $30.5M, and attracted an additional $206M from other funding sources, reaching more than 550,000 individuals and families last...

Responsibilities: Manage multiple complex projects ensuring that they are executed on time and meet stated outcomes. Develop and manage strategic relationships with a variety of partners, potentially including policymakers, regulator, government administrators, financial services firms, employers, and fintechs. Write policy and business communications to share Commonwealth’s work with diverse stakeholders. Develop innovate approaches to regulatory, administrative, and legislative policy, including working with staff to develop experiments or field tests of these approaches. Share insights and findings with policymakers, industry players, funders, and the public sector through thought pieces and publications. Represent Commonwealth at meetings and events with the ability to effectively engage diverse audiences, including public officials, policymakers, employers, financial service industry leaders, researchers, and community advocates....

The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) charity with a worldwide mission to protect computer user freedom, seeks a motivated and talented Boston-based individual to be our full-time licensing and compliance manager.   This position, reporting to the executive director, works as a critical member of our licensing and compliance team to protect and promote the use of freely licensed works of software and documentation. For over twenty years, the FSF's Licensing & Compliance Lab has been the preeminent community resource for free licensing. From principled enforcement of the GNU General Public License (GPL), to certifying software and devices as respectful of user freedom, to the writing and distribution of licensing-related educational materials, the team does work vital for the free software movement. For the licensing and compliance manager position, we are looking for a skilled writer, thorough thinker, and detail-oriented project manager who...