June kicked off on a high note for the 150 greater Boston nonprofits awarded multi-year funding through the annual Cummings $30 Million Grant Program. The awards range from $30,000 to $750,000 each. In keeping with Cummings Foundation’s focus on local giving, the grantee organizations are based in and serve Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, and Norfolk counties. They represent a wide variety of…
Tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents are officially unemployed, and trying to find a job isn’t easy these days. Often, when you’re switching careers, it can be difficult to know where to start, or what resources are available for you. ABCD and MassHire are teaming up to open a brand new career center in Roxbury’s Nubian Square! ABCD’s President and…
Boston — Governor Maura Healey today announced that the Fiscal Year 2026 budget that she will sign in the coming days will include her proposal to eliminate renter-paid broker’s fees. In January, Governor Healey filed an outside section in her FY26 budget proposal that would require the fee to be paid by whoever hires the broker, which is usually the landlord. “The…
ABCD operated career centers bring access and opportunity to underserved communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2025 CONTACT:Jamie McIver857.488.5068jamie.mciver@bostonabcd.org (Boston, MA) – Yesterday, Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) 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 …
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…
ABCD is only as strong as its partners. Working alongside a network of community leaders, elected officials, corporate sponsors, and other community action agencies is critical to ensuring that ABCD can be as effective as possible across all of our programs. State Street has been one of ABCD’s most important corporate partners for over two decades. The company’s philanthropic arm,…
Marian Young, an older homeowner living in Dorchester, first started having trouble with her utilities back in 2010. After accumulating several unpaid heating bills totaling roughly $5,000, Marian’s gas service was shut off. Then, in 2020, the oil furnace providing heat to all three units in her triple-decker failed. Without the money to replace it, she turned to space heaters…
Workforce development funding will train, upskill, and hire untapped talent in health care, life sciences, technology, construction, and more BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced $6.8 million in workforce development grant funding for 15 initiatives across Massachusetts, representing partnerships with employers, training providers, and regional collaborators to train, upskill, and provide job placement for 1,112 workers for in-demand occupations in…
Legislation saves billions through getting costs off bills, implementing an all-of-the-above energy approach including nuclear, and holding the utilities accountable Leominster — Today, at the Leominster Veterans Memorial Center, Governor Maura Healey filed the Energy Affordability, Independence & Innovation Act to bring down costs for residents and businesses. The legislation saves customers money, brings more energy into Massachusetts, and increases accountability of the utilities…
On a beautiful spring afternoon, the birds were chirping as 60-year-old Jeanette Cutts sat on her front porch in Dorchester. On a day like this, cold weather seems like a lifetime away, but Cutts is already thinking about it. “Winter in New England is inevitable,” she said. “Like, this is great. This is wonderful. But it is coming.” She’s worried…