New England Center for Arts & Technology (NECAT) provides no cost, industry-specific culinary training to chronically unemployed and under-employed people in the Boston area. NECAT’s 16-week program combines culinary arts training with job readiness and employment counseling. Students are prepared for employment in Boston-area restaurants, hotels, senior living, medical facilities, schools and other institutions. NECAT’s vision is to use culinary education as a means of lifting Boston’s most vulnerable populations out of poverty and onto a path of economic self-sufficiency. NECAT is a registered 501(c)(3).