Project Pride

Update - Unfortunately, Project Pride lost funding as a result of Federal budget cuts in June of 2001.  We are constantly looking for new funding sources with the hopes of resurrecting this program.  Please check back for updates.  The information below is as of the end of funding.

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Project Pride is a Federally funded Youth Jobs Program of the Waltham Police Department.  The program’s goal is to prevent juvenile delinquency by providing at-risk students between the ages of 14 and 16 with a positive first job experience.  The program is funded by the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) through the Massachusetts Executive Office of  Public Safety and is administered for the Waltham Police Department by the staff of Project Outreach.

The program assesses a prospective student’s skills and interests and then matches them to a job within the city that is best suited to the student.  Students become employees of the City of Waltham, but are placed at job sites in a variety of public and private sector organizations.  Job sites receive free labor from the student in exchange for taking on a training and mentoring role with the students.  Ideally, job site supervisors treat their Project Pride employee’s as an apprentice and teach them a wide array of job skills within their field of expertise.  It is not uncommon for students to be offered permanent employment by the job site at the end of the student’s time with Project Pride.

If you are interested in applying for a  job with Project Pride, please call or stop by the Project Outreach Offices.