Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) recently hosted the Grand Opening of the MassHire Boston ABCD Career Center in Roxury’s Nubian Square along with community members, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones and Boston Private Industry Council (PIC) Executive Director Neil Sullivan. The PIC serves as the Boston MassHire WorkForce Board. The MassHire Boston ABCD Career Centeris anexpansion of ABCD’s role in the workforce development arena with low-income communities — in 2020 ABCD became the operator of the MassHire Metro North Career Center with locations in Cambridge, Chelsea, Malden and Woburn.
“This new location at 10 Malcolm X Boulevard is further illustration of our commitment to be centrally and locally basedin the communities with whom we have been collaborating since our inception in 1962,” said ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler. “We are thankful for our partners at the City of Boston, the Boston PIC and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development for helping make this career center a reality. Our state of the art facility improves access, support, and opportunity for all jobseekers and local employers, and enhances our efforts to educate, train and connect jobseekers to economically sustainable employment.”
Studies show that consistent employment is a key factor to moving people out of poverty. ABCD’s role as operator of the MassHire Boston ABCD Career Center since July 1, 2024, andof the MassHire Metro North Career Center since July 1, 2020, are in addition to other longstanding ABCD workforce development programs like ESOL, youth jobs and internships and First Steps into Childcare. ABCD is steadfast in its mission to provide pathways out of poverty in partnership with families and communities so that everyone thrives, and we are committed to collaborating with government, businesses and industries toward that goal.