Waltham, MA Partnership with Youth
Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.partnership.walthamhighschool.org/
Description:
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Waltham Partnership for Youth is to enhance the quality of young lives in Waltham by identifying the needs of all Waltham youth and coordinating resources to help meet those needs. The Priority Objective for Fiscal Year 2005 was to develop collaborative agreements to support initiatives for youth. The Partnership believes that, by changing the matrix of how we do business, young lives can be enhanced while community youth service organizations are strengthened.
Vision
The Waltham Partnership for Youth, Inc. has the vision that all Waltham youth should have the opportunity to become productive citizens in the community and the workforce. Comprehensive systems of community support are necessary to provide these opportunities. Working to provide such a system, the Partnership
- is the recognized leader bringing essential constituencies together around youth issues;
- is the central source of information about youth issues in Waltham;
- has the support of multiple sectors: the city, the business sector, the academic sector, the youth service community, families and youth;
- updates research and data on youth needs;
- works collaboratively to build strength-based plans for youth success;
- is a replicable model for other communities.
Activities
- The Linda Y. King Memorial Fund
- Linking Education and Business 2007; 2006; 2005;
- Healthy Waltham Report
- Mall Mania: Family Handbook; Outline and Form in English or Spanish
- Waltham Family School
- Coordinating Resources in the Community
- Waltham Action Research Program (WARP)
- The Youth Activities Directory / English / Spanish
- The Spelling Bee 2007
- Free Summer Lunch Program: English / Spanish
- Study of Out-of-School Time Supports and Opportunities
- Read our Annual Report for 2007