Like gasoline, heating oil is selling at an all-time high, and that’s hurting people in the cold weather. John Drew heads Action for Boston Community Development, or ABCD. The organization provides assistance to the needy, and their heating oil fund has run dry. “Two-hundred seventy-five gallons times $6 is a lot of money, and people don’t have it,” he said….
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, MA — (November 2, 2023) ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler was live on Spark FM’s Saucy & Friends in the morning promoting the ABCD Community Heroes Celebration on November 3, 2023. The event will honor those who make Greater Boston a better place and feature Lawrence O’Donnell, host of “The Last Word” on MSNBC, and Rep. Justin J….
For 60 years, ABCD has been many things to many people. The words people use to describe our Boston-area antipoverty and community action agency brim with hope for the future. ABCD means opportunity and pathways to economic mobility, they say. It is an investment in people and communities. ABCD lifts up our most vulnerable residents through education and innovation, equity…
Durante una de las más significativas visitas a ABCD Head Start de Dorchester en Boston, la senadora Elizabeth Warren y la alcaldesa Michelle Wu incidieron en la importancia de invertir en el cuidado de los niños. “Por esto debe ir más allá de la municipalidad o del estado. Se debe seguir insistiendo a nivel federal para invertir en la educación…
Plan aims to layer unknown subsidy, grant costs on top of $1.5B in fiscal 2024 budget BOSTON (SHNS) – Despite a tightening state budget picture, the Senate next week plans to take up a pricey early education and child care bill aimed at expanding access to education for the state’s youngest learners and making it more affordable for families, with…
Despite a tightening state budget picture, the Senate next week plans to take up a pricey early education and child care bill aimed at expanding access to education for the state’s youngest learners and making it more affordable for families, with Senate President Karen Spilka saying the state can’t afford not to take action. The Senate plans to put the…
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,…