Feb 9 Introduction to Networking. Also check for other El Centro programs - IT, Nursing Assistant, and Home Health Aide trainings

For about 60 years, El Centro has been offering support services, adult education, and workforce development trainings to low-income immigrants in the Boston area.

In the workforce development arena, they offer some exciting opportunites both in IT and health:

• IT/Cybersecurity Training: El Centro, in partnership with Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology, offers a comprehensive 2-semester, 15-credit IT/Cybersecurity program. The program is hybrid, divided between online and in-person classes, and runs from September to June. Applicants must have advanced English and a Work Authorization to apply. For information: 617-464-8023 or elcentroit@ccab.org. You can also fill out an Interest Form and someone will reach out to you.

• Bridges to Cybersecurity: The Bridges program is also a 2-semester program. The first semester includes classes that can be oriented towards a variety of IT pathways.

  
  

  >> Feb 9, 2026: The second semester, which starts in February 2026, includes classes that are mandatory prerequisites for the IT/Cybersecurity training at Benjamin Franklin. These classes are: Computer Networks, which starts February 9, 2026 and must be taken in-person; Introduction to Cybersecurity (online); and Introduction to IT Google Certification (online). Thus, if you're considering the September 2026 Benjamin Franklin program, please reach out to El Centro about the upcoming February classes: 617-464-8023, elcentroit@ccab.org. You can also fill out an Interest Form.

  
  

• Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide training programs in South Boston and Brocton. Upcoming dates TBD. For further details please click HERE.

  
  

>> Check out a couple of interesting blogs related to the IT program:

From Student Eriamy Rodriguez Soto

From Meghan Martinez, CyberTrust Massachusetts