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In August 2021, Youth Guidance Working on Womanhood (WOW), an equivalency program for young women, launched in four schools across two districts and have plans to expand into more to serve more youth in the Greater Boston area.
Community & After School Programs (CAP) at Youth Guidance is a transformative initiative that revolves around neighborhood public schools, inviting youth, families, and communities into a culture of learning.
Working On Womanhood (WOW), a program of Youth Guidance, provides in-school, group-based mentoring and clinical support to cultivate leadership, promote mental health, and foster the social-emotional skills of girls in Grades 6 through 12.
Since 1924, Youth Guidance has been a beacon of support, providing youth with the tools they need to thrive. Our national programs—Becoming A Man (BAM) and Working On Womanhood (WOW)—are designed to foster resilience, create safe spaces, and offer critical guidance for brighter futures.
Youth Guidance’s Becoming A Man® program (BAM®) is a school-based group counseling program that guides young men in 7-12th grades to learn, internalize and practice social cognitive skills, make responsible decisions for their future and become positive members of their school and community.
GreenLight Boston supported BAM’s expansion to Boston for its proven ability to improve life outcomes, particularly for young men of color. Randomized control trials have shown that BAM reduces total arrests by 35%, violent crime arrests by 50%, and increases on-time graduation by 19%.
Youth Guidance Boston. 702 likes · 7 talking about this. BAM Boston is a counseling and mentorship program for young men in under-resourced communities that aims to guide youths to brighter futures.