The building of community institutions and revitalization of neighborhoods has always been a major ABCD role.

Many significant and citywide institutions are spin-offs of ABCD programs, including Boston Legal Services, Roxbury Multi-Service Center, several community health centers and CDCs, Project HOPE among others.

In recent years, with HUD 202 grants and other funding, ABCD has created significant elder affordable housing and built or upgraded important facilities for Head Start and other programs.