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JAS Celebrates 2016 YouthBuild Graduation

Posted by lynnsanders on September 19, 2016

On August 25th, we celebrated the graduation of twelve young adults from the JAS YouthBuild program at an intimate ceremony at the Wyndham Hotel in Chelsea. Friends and family joined JAS staff to recognize the accomplishments of these young people earning their HiSET Certificate or High School Diploma. JAS Director of Education and Training, Gina Plata, opened

Deborah Ruhe Featured on CCTV

Posted by lynnsanders on August 11, 2016

JAS’s Executive Director, Deborah Ruhe, was featured on Cambridge Community Television’s (CCTV) Not for Nothin’ program with CCTV Executive Director, Susan Fleischmann. Deborah and Susan discuss JAS’s history, affordable housing in Cambridge, and where JAS is today after 48 years.

Community, 2016, EXECUTIVE TEAM, Just-A-Start Board Member,

Life Sciences Center awards $46K grant to Cambridge’s Just-A-Start

Posted by lynnsanders on May 5, 2014

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $46,000 capital grant to Cambridge-based Just-A-Start to support the organization’s Biomedical Careers Program. The funds will be used to purchase a bioreactor, autoclave, and support tools including computer, camera, and monitor equipment and accessories. The grant also provides management and staff with training for using the new

BIOMEDICAL CAREERS PROGRAM,

Just-A-Start Partners with The Art Connection to Display Artwork in the Biomedical Careers Program Offices and Classrooms

Posted by lynnsanders on April 11, 2016

Just-A-Start is excited to be a recipient of artwork from The Art Connection, a nonprofit dedicated to enriching and empowering underserved communities by expanding access to original works of visual art. The artwork now hangs in our Biomedical Careers Program offices and classroom space at 1035 Cambridge Street. A group of former students and Just-A-Start

Community, 2016,

Meet some of the Biomedical Career Program students

Posted by lynnsanders on December 15, 2015

Every year, students from every kind of background apply to our Biomedical Careers Program. They join for all different reasons: to change careers, to improve their financial stability, to simply learn more. Meet some of them here.

Biomedical Careers Program Graduate,

Just-A-Start Corporation to Improve Property and Preserve Affordability for Working Families at Cambridge Housing Community with $30.1 Million in MassHousing Financing

Posted by lynnsanders on March 9, 2016

273-unit Rindge Tower Apartments will have a workforce housing component for moderate income residents earning up to 95% of the area median income Just-A-Start Corporation announces another substantive accomplishment to serve working families living in Cambridge. Executive Director Deborah Ruhe notes that the 273-unit Rindge Tower Apartments in Cambridge will see extensive property improvements and

Community, Housing, HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (HIP),

Bishop Allen and Norfolk Street Apartments Ribbon Cutting and Grand Re-opening

Posted by lynnsanders on October 1, 2015

Just-A-Start is proud to celebrate the preservation and rehabilitation of this 32–unit family housing development that has not only preserved affordable housing in Cambridge, but also preserved a small piece of Cantabridgian history. Located in the Central Square neighborhood, at the intersection of Bishop Allen Drive and Norfolk Street, the Bishop Allen Apartments consist of

Housing, RESIDENT SERVICES,

Just-A-Start Opens New Biomedical Careers Program Classrooms and Offices

Posted by lynnsanders on September 17, 2015

On Wednesday, September 16, Just-A-Start, Inc., officially opened the new offices and classrooms of their Biomedical Careers Program. The new space features a dedicated lecture hall with a Smartboard, computer lab, kitchen, conference room and offices for the employees who directly support the career training program. The Biomedical Careers Program is now located at 1035

BIOMEDICAL CAREERS PROGRAM,

JP Morgan Chase Foundation donates $200,000 to Just-A-Start

Posted by lynnsanders on September 3, 2015

Just-A-Start’s Biomedical Careers Program just got a big boost from one of the world’s leaders in global philanthropy. The JP Morgan Chase Foundation has given Just-A-Start $200,000 in support of the JAS Biomedical Careers Program. “This is a significant gift that comes at an important time in the history of our organization,” said JAS Executive

EXECUTIVE TEAM,

Just-A-Start YouthBuild Celebrates its Class of 2015 Graduation

Posted by lynnsanders on July 31, 2015

Entering the Bunker Hill Community College auditorium to the sound of Pomp & Circumstance and the applause of their family and friends, more than thirty young adults celebrated their graduation from the Just-A-Start YouthBuild program, earning their high school diplomas or HiSET certificates through the alternative education program.“I feel privileged to be part of the

2015, JAS YouthBuild Graduate,

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