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Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $7.4 Million in Workforce Training Grants for Over 1,100 Massachusetts Workers

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The Healey-Driscoll administration is infusing $7.4 million into Massachusetts’ workforce through a series of grants aimed to train and place over 1,100 workers across the state. These initiatives, designed to close the skills gap and increase access to well-paying jobs, are part of the Senator Kenneth J. Donnelly Workforce Success grants. Funded by the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce…

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Hoop Dreams 2025 Event Committee Member and Founder of You Got it Girl Shantell Jeter and ABCD COO Anne Corbin-Fennell Join Spark FM to Talk Hoop Dreams 2025

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Anne Corbin-Fennell Joins Urban Heat to talk Hoop Dreams 2025

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Shantell Jeter boosts city girls, women with hoops clinics

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Shantell Jeter will receive a Health & Wellness Champion award at this Saturday’s (Oct. 4) 30th anniversary celebration at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center. The “Reggie,” which opened in 1995, is much more than a track facility. For three decades, it’s been a hub for the community and a place of opportunity. But as it’s so often said,…

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Building futures one hoop at a time

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https://www.nbcboston.com/video/entertainment/hub-today/building-futures-one-hoop-at-a-time/3814953 The 14th annual Hoop Dreams event is back! CEO and President of ABCD Sharon Scott-Chandler shares how their agency is changing lives through basketball and mentorship.

Watertown Resident Joins Action for Boston Community Development as VP

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Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Green as vice president of administration. In this role, he leads the strategy, development, and implementation of administrative procedures for information technology services, office services, property management and purchasing departments. ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler cited Karl’s diverse background as an administrator. “Karl’s multifaceted experience…

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Karl Green Joins ABCD as Vice President of Administration  

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Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Green as vice president of administration. In this role, he leads the strategy, development, and implementation of administrative procedures for information technology services, office services, property management and purchasing departments. ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler cited Karl’s diverse background as an administrator. “Karl’s multifaceted experience…

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Celebrating 60 Years of Service: Honoring Foster Grandparent Volunteers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 19, 2025 CONTACT: Jamie McIver857.488.5068jamie.mciver@bostonabcd.org (BOSTON, MA) – ABCD is celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Americorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program created as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty initiatives. Over the past year, more than 120 ABCD Foster Grandparents have volunteered 93,000 hours in classrooms and early education centers with children who have…

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 Karl Green joins Action for Boston Community Development as vice president of administration

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 15, 2025 CONTACT:Jamie McIver857.488.5068jamie.mciver@bostonabcd.org (Boston, MA) – Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Green as vice president of administration. In this role, he leads the strategy, development, and implementation of administrative procedures for information technology services, office services, property management and purchasing departments.  ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler…

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Merrimack Valley Community Action Agencies rally to their core funding – the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) 

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U.S. Representative Trahan will detail the importance of saving the CSBG Contact:  Joe DiamondMASSCAP                                    617.357.6086 joediamond@masscap.org Vilma Martinez-DominguezGreater Lawrence Community Action Council                                          …

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