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Workforce development programs
The workforce development programs listed here are intended to prepare Massachusetts high school students for careers in the workforce. This Fact Sheet lists data for three separate programs, funded under the 2006 Economic Stimulus Bill, c. 123 of the Acts of 2006, sections 91 and 92. Those programs are:

School-to-Career Connecting Activities programs: Through local Workforce Investment Boards, Connecting Activities funds pay for staff to recruit employers and prepare and place students in brokered work-based learning internships.

Total appropriated under 2006 Economic Stimulus Bill - $7,129,687

CS-Squared programs: CS-Squared funding supports teams of school-community liaisons who build and strengthen local partnerships, leverage multiple funding sources, and develop programming that provides work experience and other real-world activities for students in Massachusetts. (1)

Total appropriated under 2006 Economic Stimulus Bill - $734,400

Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA) Gateway Program: This program is a partnership between the John D. O’Bryant High School in Boston and MASCO, Inc., a non-profit organization representing medical and research institutions, for after-school tutorials, mentoring, and science-based internships in the Longwood Medical Center area.

Total appropriated under 2006 Economic Stimulus Bill - $1,500,000 (2)

Total appropriated under 2006 Economic Stimulus Bill for all four programs - $9,364,087

Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development/Board of Education


Fiscal year of grant approval	Recipient	Region	Grant/pro- gram funding amounts approved	No. of students provided with tutoring	Program impact on AP scores	No. of student placed in intern- ships	No. of students in Work-based Learn- ing levels (3)	No. of partici- pating com-panies	Amount of leveraged funding (4)
Totals			$7,344,188	**		18,216	Level A- 10,458 Level B - 5,167 Level C - 1,922	8,384	$44,874,670
School-to-Career Connecting Activities programs
2007	Berkshire Regional Employment Board, Inc.	West	$286,734	*	*	616	Level A - 253 Level B - 281 Level C - 82	297	$1,473,572
2007	Boston Private Industry Council	Greater Boston	$2,501,521	*	*	3,861	Level A - 3,001 Level B - 380 Level C - 480	1,050	$17,830,836
2007	Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board	Southeast	$201,673	*	*	408	Level A - 314 Level B - 93 Level C - 1	253	$1,667,658
2007	Bristol Workforce Investment Board	Southeast	$376,913	*	*	1,157	Level A - 644 Level B - 364 Level C - 149	530	$2,260,143
2007	Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board	Southeast	$244,096	*	*	958	Level A - 718 Level B - 199 Level C - 41	605	$2,039,439
2007	Central Mass. Workforce Investment Board	Central	$356,363	*	*	1,973	Level A - 1,613 Level B - 177 Level C - 183	402	$2,781,030
2007	Franklin/ Hampshire Regional Employment Board	West	$334,995	*	*	941	Level A - 512 Level B - 234 Level C - 195	415	$1,311,433
2007	Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board	Northeast	$147,750	*	*	326	Level A - 150 Level B - 129 Level C - 47	143	$738,608
2007	New Bedford Workforce Investment Board	Southeast	$248,035	*	*	740	Level A - 318 Level B - 324 Level C - 98	342	$1,583,455
2007	Regional Employment Board of Hampden County	West	$689,213	*	*	2,389	Level A - 841 Level B - 1,198 Level C-350	570	$1,684,343
2007	Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board	Northeast	$180,170	*	*	706	Level A - 310 Level B - 305 Level C - 91	227	$897,788
2007	Metro North Regional Employment Board	Greater Boston	$296,174	*	*	524	Level A - 156 Level B - 342 Level C - 26	331	$2,408,683
2007	Metro South/West Regional Employment Board	Central	$538,447	*	*	1,029	Level A - 667 Level B - 350 Level C - 12	628	$1,681,506
2007	North Central Workforce Investment Board	Central	$158,319	*	*	929	Level A - 392 Level B - 451 Level C - 86	321	$262,542
2007	North Shore Workforce Investment Board	Northeast	$175,285	*	*	636	Level A - 308 Level B - 247 Level C - 81	373	$2,587,980
2007	South Coastal Workforce Investment Board	Southeast	$144,000	*	*	354	Level A - 261 Level B - 93 Level C - 0	103	$930,167
Subtotal School-to-Career Connecting Activities programs			$6,879,688	*	*	17,547	Level A- 10,458 Level B - 5,167 Level C - 1,922	6,590	$42,139,183
Fiscal year of grant approval	Recipient	Region	Grant/pro- gram funding amounts approved	No. of students provided with tutoring	Program impact on AP scores	No. of student placed in intern- ships	No. of students in Work-based Learn- ing levels (3)	No. of partici- pating com-panies	Amount of leveraged funding (4)
Totals			$7,344,188	**		18,216	Level A- 10,458 Level B - 5,167 Level C - 1,922	8,384	$44,874,670
CS-Squared programs
2007	Amherst Regional Public Schools	West	$60,500	*	*	75	*	588	$9,235
2007	Barnstable Public Schools	Southeast	$60,500	*	*	0	*	640	$316,775
2007	Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School	Central	$20,500	*	*	0	*	5	$0
2007	Brockton Public Schools	Southeast	$60,500	*	*	0	*	150	$1,814,724
2007	Fitchburg Public Schools	Central	$60,500	*	*	64	*	76	$20,000
2007	New Bedford Public Schools	Southeast	$60,500	*	*	0	*	156	$185,258
2007	Pittsfield/ Berkshire Community Action Council YouthBuild Program	West	$20,500	*	*	0	*	1	$0
2007	Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Northampton	West	$60,500	*	*	0	*	34	$114,401
2007	Springfield Public Schools	West	$60,500	*	*	530	*	144	$275,094
Subtotal			$464,500	**	*	669	*	1,794	$2,735,487
Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA) Gateway Program
2007	**	Greater Boston	**	**	**	**	*	**	**
Subtotal			**	**	**	**	*	**	**
Totals			$7,344,188	**		18,216	Level A- 10,458 Level B - 5,167 Level C - 1,922	8,384	$44,874,670
Fiscal year of grant approval	Recipient	Region	Grant/pro- gram funding amounts approved	No. of students provided with tutoring	Program impact on AP scores	No. of student placed in intern- ships	No. of students in Work-based Learn- ing levels (3)	No. of partici- pating com-panies	Amount of leveraged funding (4)

Note: Data involve transactions conducted from July 2006, following enactment of the 2006 Economic Stimulus Bill, to February 2008. Data are updated when provided by the administering agency.

* Not applicable ** Not yet available *** Not disclosed

Note 1: The CS-Squared programs are managed by the Commonwealth Corporation.

Note 2: The $1.5 million in funding for the LMA Gateway Program is appropriated over a four-year period.

Note 3: The Massachusetts Work-Based Learning Plan is a diagnostic, goal-setting and performance based assessment tool designed to drive learning and productivity for students participating in structured workplace internships. Level A is "brokered" internship and co-op placements for students; Level B is "targeted" internship or co-op placements for students who score in the warning/failing or needs-improvement levels on the MCAS test; Level C is "integrated work and learning placements" for students who score in the warning/failing level on the MCAS test.

Note 4: In the case of the School-to-Career Activities programs, leveraged funding comes from participating employers, which are required to provide a 200 percent match per grant in wages to participating students.

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