Description

This grant is designed to enhance regional support systems enabling high schools and students across Massachusetts to engage in career immersion and work-based learning for career readiness. The program supports districts in providing students with exposure to diverse career opportunities informed by labor market data, targeted workforce and career skills development, career counseling, and experiential learning. Key priorities include expanding employer partnerships, increasing student placements in internships and pre-apprenticeships (including both paid and for-credit opportunities), and improving equitable access for underserved student populations such as those from high-unemployment areas, low-income backgrounds, English learners, and students with disabilities. The initiative also supports implementation of individualized student planning (MyCAP), convenes regional best-practice sharing, and requires evaluation of program impact.