B-READY & B-SAFE

Our B-READY after-school programs operate in the South End and Lower Roxbury on days when Boston Public Schools are in session, September through June.

During the summer we transition our B-SAFE Summer Enrichment Program, which provides full-day programming for five weeks each summer at our two year-round sites.

LEARN - Elementary School

Our students in grades 1-4 receive one-on-one homework help, academic support, and participate in STEM projects that foster fun and learning. In addition participants engage in a number of enrichment opportunities such as physical fitness, mindfulness, creative arts workshops, and local field trips. Each day young people are given both a snack and a hot meal.

Youth Leadership Corps - Middle School 

Students in grades 5-8 get academic support and enrichment geared toward their developmental level. Their programming includes single-gender groups and workshops to help them develop healthy self-images and habits. It also features leadership training. Students who do not get home from school in time to participate in the middle school program can obtain homework help during teen Academic Nights.

Teen Employment

We know that for many of our teens working is not only a priority, but a necessity. Our teen staff support the daily operations of our out-of-school time programs, serve as mentors and role models to our youth, and explore what it means to be a leader in the youth development space.

For more information about TEEN EMPLOYMENT click here

Engagement Programs

SSYP is more than a job to our teens. Teens in our network participate in weekly professional development sessions, receive academic support, participate in college tours, retreats, service learning trips, and career panels. We strive to ensure that all seniors graduate high school with a clear post secondary plan.

Alumni

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Family Organizing

Building power as a community is essential to creating long-term, systemic change. Our family organizing program provides community members with the training, tools, and resources to build stronger more equitable communities. Our organizing team is led by an action committee, voted in each fall by the families participating.

For more information please email Sugey Rondón Reyes.

Parent Mentor Program

The Parent Mentor Program (PMP) was developed over 25 years ago by Palenque LSNA in Chicago. Parent Mentors work 2.5 hours per day in classrooms in their childrens’ schools, develop their own leadership, increase awareness of conditions inside the school, build trust with the school, and receive compensation for their time. Several parent mentors have gone on to careers in education, pursued degrees in education and youth development, and held leadership roles at school parent site councils.

For more information please email Rafaela Polanco

Ladders of Opportunity

In fall 2024 we piloted the Ladders of Opportunity program, with a long term goal that participants achieve economic mobility for themselves and their families, by creating a talent pipeline that develops parents into educators who represent students’ cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds, and are trained in culturally relevant methodology.

For more information please email Ari Branz.