Boston, MA launched a participatory budgeting youth program

Boston, MA youth budgeting program

In Progress

This program managed by the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment gives the city's youth (age 12 to 25) the opportunity to participate in the budgeting process. Participants propose capital projects for a vote and determine how $1 million is spent to improve the city.

Citizen Services Budgeting Transparency Voting Systems Youth Services

Boston, MA

Municipality in Massachusetts

United States

Links

Youth Lead the Change | Boston.gov

Youth Lead the Change gives young people power over one million dollars of the city's capital budget. The process is youth led by Boston teens. The YLC process is informed by the Participatory Budgeting Project.

Youth Engagement and Employment | Boston.gov

Our department is a one-stop engagement and resource center. We connect, advocate, and serve young residents in Boston.

Attachments

Boston Participatory Budgeting 2016

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Pilot Year Evaluation

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Boston youth invited to vote on how to spend $1 million of City's capital budget | Boston.gov

For the fifth year in a row, youth ages 12-25 in Boston have a chance to vote on how the City of Boston will spend $1 million of Mayor Walsh's Imagine Boston 2030 Capital Plan through the "Youth Lead the Change" participatory budgeting process. Voting stations are currently set up across the City, and votes will be collected through Saturday, June 2.

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