About Cafe UTEC
Cafe UTEC is a restaurant enterprise serving specialty coffees, panini’s, salads made from local ingredients, and fresh baked goods, all while employing vulnerable youth. Since 2006, UTEC’s cafe program has been helping youth learn business skills, gaining both real earnings and workplace skills, to be on track to a successful future. The Cafe is one of UTEC’s workplace enterprises, winning the 2015 Best of Lowell Award.
Social Impact
Who does Cafe UTEC impact?
Disadvantaged Youth, Vulnerable Youth
Sustainable Development Goals
Social Enterprise Criteria Assessment
Clear Purpose: Helping young adults at risk for gang/criminal violence and unemployment learn business and hospitality skills
Trade: 100%, Cafe is a Social Enterprise of the Parent Nonprofit
Reinvestment into Purpose: Providing employment or training to people experiencing disadvantage, Generating profits to distribute to a charitable purpose
Registered As: Parent Organization, UTEC, is a Non-profit 501c3
How to Get Involved
