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ABCD starts WorkPathways project with $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to help welfare recipients find and keep jobs.

ABCD opens William J. Ostiguy High School, one of three recovery high schools in Massachusetts.

ABCD begins the Community Health Worker Initiative funded with a $1 million grant from The Boston Foundation to provide career enhancement for community health workers, improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities for low-income families.

The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act provides significant funding that enables ABCD to launch comprehensive weatherization, job creation and community initiatives that address unmet needs. ABCD develops a place-based model for integrated services with one-stop access to benefits.

Legendary ABCD President/CEO Robert M. Coard passes away, just a few months after retiring. The ABCD Board of Directors elects John J. Drew President/CEO of ABCD.

ABCD takes statewide leadership role in massive weatherization initiatives funded by ARRA and utility partners including 35 “green” solar hot water heating projects in public and subsidized housing developments across Massachusetts.

ABCD holds its first Hoop Dreams fundraiser with 10 corporate teams paying to play in a basketball tournament on the famed TD Garden parquet floor.

ABCD dedicates its main building at 178 Tremont Street, Boston, to Bob Coard, renaming it the Robert M. Coard building.

Grammy award winner Natalie Cole performs at the ABCD 50th anniversary gala! Sargent Shriver, first head of the War on Poverty programs, is inducted into the ABCD Hall of Fame and his son, Mark Shriver, accepts the award.

ABCD expands to serve the Mystic Valley region, receiving federal Community Services Block Grant and other funding and successfully providing vital services and programs.