THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022 Page 27 AG Healey opens grant application period for eighth annual youth summer job program A ttorney General Maura Healey recently opened the eighth annual application period for her office’s summer jobs grant program for young people across the state Healey’s Healthy Summer Youth Jobs Program enables young people to have a direct impact in their communities by working in jobs that promote good nutrition, physical fitness, and healthy living. This year’s program is funded with money from settlements reached by the AG’s Office that will be available for organizations to hire young people for jobs that COVID-19 | FROM PAGE 26 sociated death, anyone who tested positive for COVID and died was counted as a COVID-19-associated death regardless of the length of time between their diagnosis and their death or whether COVID-19 was listed as the cause on their death certificate. This approach was overly broad and led to an over counting of COVID-19-associated deaths. Beginning in April 2021, based on the growing knowlfocus on health and wellness. “Since 2015, we’ve built strong relationships with organizations across Massachusetts to create opportunities for young people to learn new skills, challenge themselves, and make a difference in their communities,” said Healey. “We’re pleased to launch the eighth year of this program to continue to cultivate positive work experiences for young people during the summer months.” Last year, the AG’s Office awarded nearly $300,000 in grant funding to 75 organizations across the state. As edge about COVID-19 and an analysis of deaths in Massachusetts up to that point, DPH updated the way it counted deaths. COVID-19-associated deaths still included anyone with COVID-19 listed as a cause of death on the death certificate but DPH also applied a 60-day timeframe from diagnosis to death for anyone diagnosed with COVID-19 but who did not have COVID-19 on the death certificate. This latest update further reduces the timeframe between diagnosis and death from 60 part of the program, Healey’s Community Engagement Division provided webinars and in-person trainings on workers’ rights to teens employed through the grant program. Examples of jobs funded through last year’s grant program include: Building and maintaining a community garden or urban farm; Addressing food security and wellness needs of low-income communities; Providing educational content on the environment and local natural resources; and Instructing youth on recdays to 30 days for individuals without COVID-19 listed on the death certificate. The new definition will be reflected in the COVID-19 interactive dashboard data on Monday, March 14. Beginning Monday, all calculations involving deaths posted in the COVID-19 dashboard and the raw data file will contain the updated data. Previous raw data files will still be available on the website and will not be updated. Deaths in long-term care facilities (LTCF) will continue reational and wellness activities. Since launching the grant program in 2015, Healey has funded more than 1,000 jobs for young people across the state. The AG’s Office will issue grants to municipalities, other government offices, quasi-public entities, and non-profits within the state. Nonprofit applicants must be in full compliance with statutory requirements for annual filings with the AG’s Non-Profit Organizations and Public Charities Division. Grantees must pay employed youth a minimum wage of to be reported directly from those facilities, but the updated definition will align surveillance deaths more closely with the LTCF-reported counts. Several new data points and some changes in functionality and visualizations are also being added to the COVID-19 dashboard, beginning Monday. No data are being eliminated and the changes are designed to enhance the interactive experience for dashboard users and to ensure compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. $14.25 per hour. The office will prioritize applicants who are seeking to hire low-income youth workers with the grant funding. Grant awards will fund youth employment from July 5 through Sept. 2. Interested applicants can visit the AG’s website for more information and for application instructions. Applications must be received by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 8.
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