HOPE WW MA works side by side with the Mass Department of Children and Families (DCF) each year. 

We host a party for over 150 teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 from the cities of Lowell, Haverhill, and Lawrence, MA. We chose this age group because they are most often overlooked and forgotten. "This older age group of children is most often overlooked and forgotten in the state's foster care system and are made to feel unwanted in comparison with the younger children" HOPE worldwide provides a celebration during the holidays with scholarships, laptops and other gifts.

These stores were started to help our resident families during the holidays. Every parent wants to make sure their children have a gift to open on their day of celebration, but it can be a financial hardship. To ease that burden, HOPE opens a “store” every December where families can “shop” – at garage sale prices – for gifts for their children! In 2022 we operated two stores in the Boston and Framingham areas.

HOPE worldwide MA has created a grant fund to support volunteers in their efforts to help their communities. Grants have been awarded to college age students in their efforts to reach out to people suffering with homelessness. Other grants have supported Back to School supply efforts and similar outreach events. This program has encouraged volunteers to pursue opportunities to help and love their neighbors in unique ways.

The Boston Teen Police Academy is a summer program that provides a summer job to many teens. Their counselors and mentors are officers from the Boston Police Department. The Boston Teen Police Academy (BTPA) has been developed with 2 goals in mind: 

1. To inspire a positive and transgenerational shift in the relationship between disadvantaged youth in the Greater Boston Area (GBA) and the Boston Police Department, building a bridge between the two that creates a strong and lasting partnership. 

2. To fill in as mentors in the lives of children who believe they have none, or who believe they cannot succeed because they aren’t adequately supported by their current environment. To help develop and maintain a positive image of themselves, the police, and their communities is the BTPAs' main goal. 

The mayor of Boston and police commissioners have supported this program by attending the commencement event each year since the BTPA was established over 12 years ago. The officers
are dedicated to monitoring and improving the lives of their students by prioritizing three factors with a high correlation to success in an at-risk environment: 

1) Self-Confidence; 

2) Personal Growth; and 

3) Trust in Police as Authority Figures.

The BTPA was developed to be a living and viable role model, one which embodies leadership, trust, and community – one in which a path of opportunity can be provided as an alternative to the cycle of risk factors that minority youth face each day.