Partners for Youth with Disabilities partnered with GEICO for a second year to award young adults with disabilities the GEICO Changemaker Scholarship to support their educational goals. Selected scholars are […]
Year: 2023
We’ve put together a Dream Team: the Fall 2023 Cohort of the Dinah F.B. Cohen DREAM Fellows! The Dinah F. B. Cohen DREAM Fellowship is a program for college students […]
Fall has finally arrived, bringing with it pumpkin spice lattes, crunchy leaves, and an array of opportunities for the incredible youth we support! We’re diving into the upcoming months with […]
Our programs are back and better than ever this summer, offering fully in-person participation options for the first time in three years! Thanks to our programs, our participants are able […]
For the first time in over three years, Charlestown High School students in our Career Readiness program were able to partake in a day of hands-on work experience at Groundwork […]
The Dinah F. B. Cohen DREAM Fellowship is a program that provides college students and recent graduates with disabilities with professional skills training and leadership development opportunities. The DREAM Fellowship […]
This May, we celebrated our annual fundraiser, Party 4 PYD. The event brought together local business people, participants, families, and members of our community who join us in our goal […]
Boston, Massachusetts: June 1, 2023 – Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) is one of 150 local nonprofits to receive grants of $30,000 to $1,000,000 through Cummings Foundation‘s $30 Million […]
DATE: May 31, 2023 CONTACT: Tere Ramos | tramos@pyd.org Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD) to Receive $30,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Boston, Massachusetts—Partners for Youth […]
This is a contributed piece by Scott Hammerstrom, Manager of Programs and Partnerships at Bender Leadership Academy. The Bender Leadership Academy delivers competency building programs that enable students with disabilities […]