Programs

  • Creative Youth Development Programs

    HYDE SQUARE TASK FORCE (HSTF)'S CREATIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TARGET SOCIOECONOMIC RESOURCE GAPS IN OUR COMMUNITY BY SERVING OVER 200 YOUTH AGES 13 TO 25 ANNUALLY. HSTF'S CORE JOVENES EN ACCION/YOUTH IN ACTION (JEA) PROGRAM WELCOMES YOUTH IN GRADES 8 TO 12 TO A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM INCLUDING ACADEMIC SUPPORT/COLLEGE & CAREER PREPARATION, AFRO-LATIN ARTS, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT/YOUTH ORGANIZING. HSTF'S CONTINUUM OF SUPPORT ALLOWS YOUTH TO TRANSITION FROM JEA TO OUR CAMINOS COLLEGE AND CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH FROM 11TH GRADE TO AGE 25. BOTH JEA AND CAMINOS INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT YEAR-ROUND AND ONSITE AT HSTF. HSTF PROVIDES THESE RESOURCES AT NO COST TO OUR COMMUNITY, YOUTH, OR FAMILIES.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $734.3K

  • Community Engagement and Cultural Activities

    HSTF IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF BOSTON'S LATIN QUARTER CULTURAL DISTRICT AND ACTS AS THE DISTRICT'S MANAGING PARTNER. HSTF'S CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK TOUCHES THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS EACH YEAR AND FOSTERS CULTURAL PLACEKEEPING AND VIBRANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHILE PROMOTING CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN BOSTON. THIS WORK INCLUDES HSTF'S ANNUAL EVENT SERIES OF NO-COST, YEAR-ROUND, PUBLIC ARTS PERFORMANCES, EVENTS, AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. HSTF ALSO ENGAGES IN COLLABORATIVE EVENTS WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WHERE HSTF CONTRIBUTES LIVE MUSIC OR ART-MAKING. CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES BOSTON'S AFRO-LATIN ARTISTS NETWORK (BALAN).
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $456.5K

  • Youth Arts Enrichment and Leadership Program

    HSTF'S CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK ALSO SERVES APPROXIMATELY 200 YOUTH AGES 6 TO 18 ANNUALLY THROUGH WEEKLY ARTS ENRICHMENT CLASSES IN THE AREAS OF AFRO-LATIN DANCE, MUSIC, AND THEATRE. PROGRAMS INCLUDE ARTES CULTURALES (AC) ARTS ENRICHMENT CLASSES FOR YOUTH AGES 6 TO 18 AND LEARN THROUGH DANCE (LTD) IN-SCHOOL-ARTS PROGRAM FOR SECOND GRADERS AT A LOCAL BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL. CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK ALSO INCLUDES LIVING SAFELY IN JACKSON SQUARE (LSJS) YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL YOUTH AGES 15 TO 19.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.3M