You Boston – Youth Options Unlimited Boston

Important Update: COVID-19 and YOU Boston Programming
Update as of September 2022: YOU Boston is continuing to offer its work-readiness programming both virtually and in-person. To ensure the health and safety of YOU Boston staff and youth, virtual programming will remain available through 2022. Please note: masks are available onsite and must be worn during in-person experiences taking place indoors.
If you would like to refer a young person (or yourself!) to our 2022 fall programming, please click here.
For general questions related to YOU Boston's COVID-19 response and program please contact us at YOU@boston.gov or click here to visit our contact page.
To reach an individual staff member, visit Our Team page for contact information.

YOU Boston empowers young people from court-involved or at-risk backgroundsto succeed in the workforce, in the community, and in their lives.

YOU Boston Gets Results.

$19.62/hour

Average wage for youth enteringprivate sector employment

Youth placed in private jobswho stayed for 30+ days

YOU Boston supports young people through three progressive levels of employment – job-readiness training, subsidized employment, and private sector placement – with the goal of preparing them for sustainable, living wage jobs.

By the time YOU Boston youth advance to private sector employment, they show staying power – the result of months of intense case management, mentorship, job training, and personal growth.

And Changes Lives.

Chuckie Cosme started a new life as an apprentice in the sprinklerfitters union thanks to Operation Exit, a YOU Boston program for citizens returning from incarceration. Learn more about Operation Exit.