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METRO NORTH WORKFORCE BOARD

MassHire Metro North Workforce Board Awarded $225K Cummings Grant!

About Cummings Foundation: Woburn-based Cummings Foundation, Inc. was established in 1986 by Joyce and Bill Cummings of Winchester, MA and has grown to be one of the largest private foundations in New England. The Foundation directly operates its own charitable subsidiaries, including New Horizons retirement communities, in Marlborough and Woburn, and Cummings Health Sciences, LLC. Additional information is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org.

The MassHire Metro North Workforce Board (MNWB), in partnership with Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Massachusetts Chapter, Gould Construction Institute, and Medford Vocational High School will implement a 220-hour pre-apprenticeship construction training program over 3 summer cohorts that will prepare youth with occupational skills training to gain a driver’s license, two industry-recognized credentials, paid work experience, and job placement in a registered apprenticeship. The training will take place at the construction shop space at Medford Vocational Technical High School.

We are delighted to share with you MassHire Metro North Workforce Board’s (MNWB) new Strategic Framework. The Strategic Framework outlines MNWB’s over-arching priorities for the next five years and some of the key goals we seek to achieve.

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At our March 16, 2022 Strategic Framework Webinar, we shared our Mission, Vision and Plan for working with you,
our partners, to grow an increasingly strong and equitable
Workforce Development System in Metro North!

This Strategic Framework is the result of a year-long process that included Community Action Partners, MNWB staff and Board, and many of you, our partners and supporters. We want to thank each and every one of you that participated in some way in the development of this plan, it would not have been possible without you.

To Listen to the Webinar Recording and View the Webinar PowerPoint, click the links below:

Webinar Recording

Webinar Slides

We are thrilled to launch our new Work to THRIVE initiative, our way of addressing systemic inequities by focusing resources on communities and populations most in need.  

STEM Week Roundup from the Metro North STEM Network

Read the Latest Newsletter from MNWB!

Standing in Solidarity

The MassHire Metro North Workforce Board is horrified, angered, and deeply saddened by the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other citizens as a result of police brutality and systemic racism. We recognize these incidents as examples, once again, of our society’s greatest failures. These longstanding systemic failures have resulted in violence, hatred, discrimination, and biases against our Black and Brown communities and citizens, perpetuating broad social and economic injustices and inequities.

We join many others in the cry against racism in every form.

As an organization and as individuals, we are committed to engaging our Metro North communities and partners in discussions around equity, inclusion, and support. And we will continue to take decisive action to advance social and economic opportunities for those who have suffered our society’s failings.

We stand firm in our values of equity, justice, and opportunity.