On the message and order, referred on July 22, 2026, Docket #1391, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twelve Million Eight Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($12,855,000.00) in the form of a grant, Bloomberg Philanthropies grant, awarded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant would fund the Skilled Trades Initiative which aims to enhance vocational training, expand pre-apprenticeship opportunities, and support students’ participation in Registered Apprenticeship programs. The initiative focuses on student persistence and completion, employer engagement, and program coordination to build pathways in the construction industry, water utility management, and other skilled trades. This will be administered in collaboration with Boston Public Schools, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.

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Amount

$12.9M

Runs until

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Type

award

Field

Construction

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Order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) in the form of a grant, Local Food Policy… $20K Boston, MA On the message and order, referred on July 10, 2024, Docket #1106, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Sixty… $165K Boston, MA

Committee

Committee on Labor and Economic Development

Introduced

July 16, 2026

On agenda

August 26, 2026

Passed

August 26, 2026

Where it was heard

City Council Aug 26, 2026 The report was accepted; the order was passed. City Council Jul 22, 2026 Referred to

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