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ABCD, Boston’s largest nonprofit youth summer job program partner will hire and place 1,700 youth

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ABCD SummerWorks has increased capacity and urges Boston youth to apply right away. Thanks to key partnerships and supporters, long-standing and new, SummerWorks will provide summer jobs to 1,700 underserved youth ages 14-21.  SummerWorks distinguishes itself by placing youth in nonprofit and mission-driven organizations, allowing youth to give back to the community while obtaining career skills, earning a paycheck and being in community with their…

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ABCD, Bridge Over Troubled Waters Each Get $50K Donation

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Each of two Boston nonprofits—Action for Boston Community Development, an anti-poverty agency, and Bridge Over Troubled Waters, which provides services to homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth—recently received a $50,000 donation from Astound Broadband to support their ongoing work. Sanford Ames, senior vice president and general manager of Astound Broadband, said both organizations “strengthen our community.” He lauded Action for Boston Community…

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ABCD, City’s EITC Program in Full Swing at Eastie’s APAC Office

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Most people don’t want to think about it but it’s the time a year to begin thinking about filing 2021 tax returns. For many working people in East Boston there’s some relief from the confusing process of figuring out taxes. Action for Boston Community Development’s (ABCD) APAC office on Meridian Street, in partnership with the City of Boston, kicked off…

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ABCD, City’s EITC Program in Full Swing in South End and Chinatown

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Most people don’t want to think about it but it’s the time a year to begin thinking about filing 2021 tax returns. For many working people in the South End and Chinatown there’s some relief from the confusing process of figuring out taxes. Action for Boston Community Development’s (ABCD) South End Neighborhood Service Center, 554 Columbus Avenue; the Asian American…

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ABCD, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and the Boston Red Sox celebrate community partnerships

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Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler threw out the first pitch for Harvard Pilgrim Health Day at the July 19th Red Sox game where the Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1. ABCD Foster Grandparent Marylyn Johnson joined Scott-Chandler at the pitcher’s mound. ABCD is a long standing nonprofit partner of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care…

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ABCD, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and the Boston Red Sox celebrate community partnerships

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Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler threw out the first pitch for Harvard Pilgrim Health Day at the July 19th Red Sox game where the Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1. ABCD Foster Grandparent Marylyn Johnson joined Scott-Chandler at the pitcher’s mound. ABCD is a long standing nonprofit partner of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care…

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ABCD, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and the Sox celebrate community partnerships

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Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler threw out the first pitch for Harvard Pilgrim Health Day at the July 19th Red Sox game where the Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1. ABCD Foster Grandparent Marylyn Johnson joined Scott-Chandler at the pitcher’s mound. ABCD is a long standing nonprofit partner of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care — the…

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ABCD: Don’t Put Off Call for Fuel Assistance

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Kathy Tobin, Energy Programs Director for ABCD, explains how eligible households can receive home heating assistance, as well as cost-saving weatherization and upgrades for more energy efficiency. Interview for BNN News. Aired February 1, 2021. For more information or to apply for fuel assistance, call 617 357-6012. WATCH HERE

ABCD: Hungry children can’t wait months for relief bill

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It’s been six weeks since the termination of the $600 per week Pandemic Unemployment Insurance that kept millions of workers who lost their jobs afloat in the early months of the COVID-19 crisis. Right now it is critical for the House, Senate and White House to come together on legislation that continues that funding and meets other urgent pandemic-related needs….

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ABCD: Trump administration plan to zero out funding for vital programs threatens working families and vulnerable children

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Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) decries a reported Trump administration budget proposal that would eliminate funding for the Community Services Block Grant (CSGB), Head Start and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) — three programs that are critical to low-income communities, children, and families across Massachusetts — and the nation. “It would be unconscionable to defund CSGB, Head…

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