Mass. announces grants for at-risk youth

The Patrick administration announced $3.1 million in grants for expanded job and educational opportunities for at-risk youth across the state.

The grants will be made to dozens of organizations working with such youth, the administration said.

"We know that the single greatest predictor of holding a job as an adult is holding a job as a teenager, and that is why we must do everything possible now to put our youth on a path that will lead to academic success and greater life time earnings," Suzanne M. Bump, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, said in a statement.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)