Mayor's directive

Accept $27,674.95 Jobs for Veterans Grant Funds

Last activity February 6, 2026 (8 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    January 22, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The Mayor asks the City Council to accept a $27,674.95 Jobs for Veterans' State Grant through the U.S. Department of Labor and MassHire, to be run by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant supports enhanced employment services for eligible veterans, prioritizing disabled veterans, to improve job outcomes and economic self-sufficiency. The matter was introduced January 22, 2026 and passed February 4, 2026.

Affects veterans and disabled veterans

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About Labor & Workforce , Budget & Finance and Civil Rights & Immigration

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Official title

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($27,674.95) in the form of a grant, the Jobs for Veterans' State Grant, awarded by United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant would fund enhanced employment services for eligible veterans, prioritizing disabled veterans, and those facing significant barriers to employment, with the goal of improving their job search outcomes and economic self-sufficiency.

Timeline

  1. February 4, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    City Council