(NOTICIAS YA).- La agencia ABCD urge a residentes del área de Boston, y varias otras localidades aledañas a aplicar en sus programas de asistencia de pago de calefacción ya que la agencia recibirá fondos federales adicionales y los beneficios de este programa ahora podrían estar aumentando. LISTEN NOW
BioConnects New England (BCNE) and Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. (ABCD) are excited to announce a partnership to create a robust biomanufacturing industry cluster in the New England region. With this partnership, BioConnects New England and ABCD aim to promote the growth and sustainability of the life sciences industry in New England through academic excellence and strategic programming. Additionally, BioConnects New England…
BOSTON, Feb. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) will provide more than $350,000 to 30 not-for-profit organizations working to support people in need this winter across Massachusetts. The not-for-profits include regional food banks, shelters, YMCAs and other groups that can deliver services to their community members directly and quickly. The unrestricted grants may be used for groceries, winter clothing, hygiene and household…
ABCD is pleased to be an early major sponsor of The Embrace monument that was recently unveiled at the 1965 Freedom Plaza on the Boston Common honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The Embrace monument symbolizes the hug that Dr. King shared with his wife Coretta after he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Long-time ABCD President/CEO Robert…
When the superstar who was the main draw at your upcoming fund-raiser cancels a month before the event, it helps to have concert promoter Don Law on speed-dial. Bob Elias learned that the hard way. As director of government relations at antipoverty agency Action for Boston Community Development, Elias takes it upon himself to ensure that ABCD’s annual gala comes off without a hitch…. (Read more.)
Partnerships make a difference Longstanding partnerships, such as the one Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) has shared with United South End Settlements (U.S.E.S.) for more than half a century, provide struggling families with the comprehensive resources that they need to survive and thrive. When U.S.E.S. placed the Harriet Tubman House up for sale, ABCD did bid on the property…
A Boston holiday toy drive is looking for more donations of presents that will go to disadvantaged families in the region. The Dorchester-based nonprofit Action for Boston Community Development, which collects and distributes the toy donations, says it’s been about 3,000 toys short of what it normally has to hand out in the holiday season. “The pandemic has hit a…
14 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2017 Contact Tim Viall Desk: 617-638-6857 timothy.viall@bmc.org BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER, HEAD START PARTNER TO PREVENT MATERNAL DEPRESSION AN INTERVENTION REDUCED INCIDENCE OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOM EPISODES BY 40 PERCENT BOSTON – Boston Medical Center, in partnership with Action for Boston Community Development’s (ABCD) Head Start program, has helped prevent maternal depression by making screenings and effective interventions more…