YOUTH

Enlace de Familias, un centro de recursos familiares, lleva tres años ayudando a los residentes de Holyoke y a los negocios locales del área a reunirse para celebrar las festividades de Halloween.

Enlace de Familias, a family resource center, has hosted Halloween festivities for Holyoke residents and local businesses, for the past three years.

NEPM's Media Lab youth media producers learned different production skills, how to edit videos, write stories, work professional cameras, and even learned to break out of their comfort zones.

NEPM's Media Lab Summer Cohort has been busy with new projects. Last week they conducted on camera interviews with local youth book authors.

The first week of NEPM’s Media Lab summer program introduced youth to journalism, media literacy, and audio recording.

We learn about PAHMUSA's Underground Railroad walking tour in Springfield, chat with author David Ambroz's memoir, "A Place Called Home," and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

MLK Family Services announced the summer programs they are providing to the city's youth this year.

The second year team “Discovery Polybotz” from the Discovery Polytech High School in Springfield, has entered the robotics world with the pedal to the metal, quickly making a name for themselves.

Springfield Gándara Center celebrates the launch of its Young Adult Supportive Living Program, the newest addition to the young adult housing program, SHINE.

According to The Boston Globe, turnover among caseworkers at the state's child welfare agency, long a troubling norm, has spiked since the COVID pandemic. And that's caused instability for children while threatening to undermine the agency's mission.