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10.09.2024

In The Boston Real Estate Times: MassHousing Awards $326,437 to Six Organizations to Fund Summer Job Opportunities for nearly 100 Youth Across Massachusetts

  BOSTON – MassHousing has awarded $326,437 to six organizations that provided summer job opportunities to nearly 100 youth across Massachusetts. The Agency’s Summer Youth Employment Program allowed 98 youth […]

02.01.2024

Featured on NBCNews Boston | Youth Education Summit kicks off in Dorchester

On January 29th, 2024, MPDC’s Youth Workforce Manager, Yhinny Matos, was featured in an ‘As Seen On’ segment for NBC News Boston. FEATURED: MPDC’s Youth Workforce Manager, Yhinny Matos – Click to read more details!

08.09.2021

On News @ Northeastern: HE TEACHES FINANCIAL LITERACY TO YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THE LESSONS TRANSCEND MONEY

The weekly classes in financial literacy are held at Northeastern Crossing in partnership with Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC), a 56-year-old nonprofit organization in Roxbury, a community that neighbors Northeastern’s Boston campus. Yhinny Matos, a youth workforce manager at MPDC, recognized the need for a course in financial independence based on a survey of people in the community. Her findings led Matos to create courses that focus on finance, creative industries, health care, law, and construction.

07.30.2021

On WCVB Channel 5 Boston: Gov. Baker expected to comment on DPH’s updated mask recommendations for some fully vaccinated people

Gov. Baker expected to comment on DPH’s updated mask recommendations for some fully vaccinated people live from The Dewitt Center.