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URBAN YOUTH
COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMUrban
Youth Collaborative Program (UYCP) is a summer program coordinated by the Massachusetts
Department of Mental Retardation (DMR), which offers inner-city youths summer
jobs and training to support individuals with developmental disabilities. The
UYCP is funded by DMR and more than 2,000 youths have been placed in valuable
jobs throughout the Commonwealth. In
this program, local youths are exposed to a two-week training process on mental
retardation and relevant issues such as human rights, human values, behavior management,
and care provision. LifeStream training sessions may also include: body mechanics,
sexuality, universal precautions, diversity training, alternative communications,
and more. The participants are subsequently employed at programs operated by LifeStream
and other DMR service providers. The
UYCP's college students are recruited from Bristol Community College and UMass/Dartmouth.
High school seniors come from New Bedford, Dartmouth, BMC Durfee High School and
the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational-Technical High School. The local office
of the Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training and New Directions,
a New Bedford agency, assists with student recruitment.
For more information
about the Urban Youth Collaborative Program, please contact our Job
Development staff at 508-991-4503, TTY 508-998-2870, or email us: Employment
and Training
FUNDED
IN PART BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE. |
