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Mayor's directive

Accept and Expend $120,000 Grant for Financial Empowerment

Last activity March 26, 2026 (6 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    January 12, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City would accept a $120,000 grant from United Way, passed through the Boston Local Development Corporation, to fund financial education, credit and asset building, and employment services for residents served by the Center for Working Families. The Office of Workforce Development would administer the funds, and City Council action was required to accept and expend the grant.

Affects Center for Working Families residents

Now with the Committee on Labor and Economic Development

About Budget & Finance and Labor & Workforce

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Official title

Councilor Worrell called Docket #0134, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00) in the form of a grant, Financial Empowerment Program, awarded by United Way, passed through the Boston Local Development Corporation, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant would fund financial education, credit/asset building, and employment services for residents at the Center for Working Families, from the Committee on Labor & Economic Development. No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.

Timeline

  1. January 28, 2026

    Referred to

    City Council

  2. March 25, 2026

    Passed

    City Council