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Under President Gerald Ford, additional funding for Summer jobs results in ABCD putting 10,000 youth to work at community sites.

Ford Foundation gives ABCD a special award for its Summer Training & Education Program (STEP) to combat high school dropout problem.

President Reagan presents award to ABCD for exemplary public-private partnership in the ABCD / Shawmut bank training program.

ABCD establishes Massachusetts Immigration & Refugee Assistance (MIRA) to ensure immigrants’ rights are protected.

Mass. Board of Higher Education votes to charter Urban College of Boston as a degree-granting institution of higher education.

ABCD starts University High – an alternative high school in collaboration with the Boston Public Schools to serve young people who struggle academically or otherwise in the traditional system.

With the aid of a $7.4 million HUD grant, ABCD and the Church of the Holy Spirit establish 45 units of elder affordable housing in Mattapan. This is the first of four such initiatives that brought $28.2 million in HUD funds to Boston and created 206 units of elder housing in low-income neighborhoods. Photo: jiawangkun – Fotolia

ABCD, as lead agency, wins contract to manage the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) in the Massachusetts Bay area. That campaign raises approximately $2 million annually to benefit 3,000 charities.

The first Field of Dreams corporate softball tournament at Fenway Park raises $150,000 for ABCD youth programs. Since then this annual fundraiser has raised more than $2 million.

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