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Energy efficiency partners to showcase equity in action at Riley House Senior Housing 

WHO: ABCD and energy efficiency partners Eversource, Maloney Properties, Paradigm Energy Services, Planning Office for Urban Affairs, Verizon, their leadership, public officials, residents of Riley House Senior Housing and community members WHAT:  Engagement event and site visit demonstrating ABCD’s Climate, Equity & Impact work with our energy efficiency partners through the Low-Income Energy Affordability Network (LEAN) and Mass Save® programs at this 40+…

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Energy prices are skyrocketing. Here’s how you can get financial help this winter

Whether you heat your home with gas, oil or electricity, your energy bills are going to be shocking this winter. Compared to this time last year, the price of fuel oil is up 72%, and for some utility customers the cost of electricity and natural gas are up 129% and 28.6%, respectively. … If you’re in a crisis and can’t wait that long, you should contact…

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Engaging, empowering and equipping Black women for improved maternal health outcomes 

ABCD Health Services Director Nancy Paladino, ABCD Reproductive Health Program Manager Maureen Scott and ABCD Chief Operating Officer Anne Corbin-Fennell visited 98.1FM The Urban Heat’s Morning Cafe to encourage listeners to attend our free community screening of the award-winning film Birthing Justice during Black Maternal Health Week, along with the panel discussion that followed.  Listen to their conversation about the film and America’s Black maternal health crisis.  April 11th, 2024: April 17th,…

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Event makes holidays happier for struggling families

ABCD’s south end neighborhood center distributes donated toys to underserved children Part of the ABCD Winter Fund campaign to help low income families in greater Boston A special room in a South End brownstone has just the toy to put a smile on the face of a child. Action for Boston Community Development, or ABCD, is helping Yvette, a Northeastern…

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Eversource & Action For Boston Community Development Give Power-Saving Tips

Eversource held an information session at Action for Boston Community Development in Dorchester to help customers save energy and stay cool in the summer months. This comes after a winter of high bill costs due to massive increases in gas prices and delivery. Energy usage tends to increase by 30% in the summer months as households use their air conditioners…

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Eversource and ABCD Energy Efficiency Project Underway at Housing for Seniors and Residents with Disabilities in Greenfield

Eversource Energy Efficiency Project Underway at Housing for Seniors and Residents with Disabilities in Greenfield $500,000 incentive from the energy company will help reduce energy use and improve residents’ comfort during pandemic SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (March 5, 2021) – As part of its commitment to affordable housing options for the community, Eversource is partnering with the Greenfield Housing Authority (GHA) on a…

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Eversource Urges Customers to Take Action Before Hot Summer Weather Leads to Surge in Energy Usage

Financial assistance programs and energy efficiency measures can help lower bills BOSTON and SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (April 29, 2025) – Following the drastic spike in natural gas bills this winter driven in part by extreme and extensive cold that caused energy usage to skyrocket, Eversource is urging customers to take action now before the hot summer months to prevent another spike in…

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Eviction proceedings to resume after state’s moratorium expires

ABCD Foreclosure Prevention client Caroline Sande fears losing her house after being laid off as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. WCVB-5’s Julie Lonchich spoke to her. JULIE: With that moratorium now expired, rents and mortgages are coming due and there is a real fear. Tonight, we introduce you to a family who know they could lose everything. Caroline knows…

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Experts Say School And Childcare Reopening Presents Challenges And Opportunities

  Schools and childcare programs face significant challenges as they work towards reopening this summer and fall. But a panel of health and human services leaders agreed Thursday that those challenges can be met, and that the current situation presents opportunities to do things differently. The leaders spoke via a Zoom web conference hosted by the Greater Boston Chamber of…

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Failure to Fund Successful Health Services Program Leaves 30,000 Vulnerable Residents, Communities of Color Without Vital Care

On March 29, 2022, ABCD—Action for Boston Community Development—received the shocking news that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Population Affairs, was terminating funding of the anti-poverty organization’s Title X Family Planning program as of March 31, 2022. For more than 50 years, in collaboration with a vital community health center network, ABCD has done an…

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