Nature and Purpose
Founded in 1970, Bridge Over Troubled Waters' mission is to enable high-risk and homeless youth to achieve a healthy and productive adulthood through prevention, intervention, and education services. Bridge is the only agency in the Boston area to provide a continuum of age-appropriate services to runaway, homeless, and high-risk young people. Whether young people need assitance to communicate with a parent, maintain sobriety, earn a GED, or find housing, Bridge helps each transition to a healthy adulthood.
Bridge has grown into a structured multi-service agency with an array of services: street ourtreach, free medical and dental care, runaway services, counseling, alternative education, computer training program, workforce development, job search assistance, long term outpatient substance abuse counseling, transitional day program for homeless young adults and transitional living programs. Bridge works with youth that are 16 to 25 years old. Currently, Bridge serves approximately 5,000 youth each year.
Tasks
PULSE Students will work primarily as one-on-one tutors in the GED program. Additionally, PULSE Students may help out on the Bridge Free Medical Van which is on the streets of Boston and Cambridge during the evening hours. They may also assist in Bridge's residential program helping with child care, family activities, and as needed help with the residents' homework. A PULSE student might also support Bridge staff with services for homeless clients in the Transitional Day Program.
Time Requirement
GED program: has 2 sessions: 9:00am-12:00pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and 1:00pm-4:00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. Classroom tutoring. Most requested is help with math. 1 PULSE student per session.
Location: 47 West St. Boston
Transitional Day Program: Weekdays from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. PULSE students would assist Bridge staff with drop in activities for homeless clients, such as: computer help, planning/cooking a meal, talking, playing pool or developing workshops. 1 PULSE student per session.
Another option is one session in the GED classroom tutoring and another session helping with the Transitional Day Program. 1 PULSE student in 2 different components.
Location: 47 West St. Boston
Medical Van: 6:00 - 10:00 PM Mon-Fri. Talking with homeless street people, serving lemonade or hot chocolate and sharing information where help is available. PULSE student chooses 2 evenings that work with their schedule. Van leaves from downtown but goes to different locations. At the end of the evening a convenient drop off at an MBTA location can be arranged. 1 PULSE student per evening.
Location: 47 West St. Boston
Bridge/Eliot Single Parent Housing: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM. PULSE students choose 2 evenings per week or weekends. Helping with child care, family activities and as needed help with the residents' homework. 1 PULSE student per session.
Location: Brighton
Supervisor
Josh White
Address
47 West Street
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 423-9575 ext. 209
jwhite@bridgeotw.org
Council Member
Sarah Marone