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ABCD receives $700,000 grant from the Healey-Driscoll Administration to expand its BRIDGES Returning Citizens Center to reduce recidivism among young adults ages 18-25  

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More workers in the pipeline will help fill over 200,000 vacant positions in Massachusetts (BOSTON, MA) – ABCD is excited to announce that it has been awarded nearly $700,000 from the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Emergenging Adult Reentry Initiative to expand and support its BRIDGES Returning Citizens Center (BRCC) — a specialized career center which offers employment and training services to individuals…

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ABCD Says Low-income Residents Face Perfect Storm as Home Heating Costs Rise, Winter Cold Descends

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 13, 2021 CONTACT: Susan Kooperstein617.875.3619skooperstein@comcast.net Lee Phenner339.368.1140lee.phenner@bostonabcd.org ABCD Says Low-income Residents Face Perfect Storm as Home Heating Costs Rise, Winter Cold Descends Thousands forced to choose between heat, food, rent, medicine With dramatic increases in home heating costs predicted, ABCD warns that residents of the Boston area and other cold-weather regions will face a perfect storm of painful…

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ABCD seeks early ed teachers, staff who want to make a difference, pursue a fulfilling career

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Signing bonuses, paid training & development, and a pathway to leadership attract current and future educators As Greater Boston continues to rebuild and reopen after the pandemic brought much of life to a standstill, ABCD is recruiting early education teachers and staff who are looking for a clear path to a fulfilling career. Along with generous signing bonuses for teachers,…

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ABCD steps up aid for struggling residents with federal CARES ACT grant

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 6th, 2020 CONTACT: Lee Phenner339.368.1140 (mobile)lee.phenner@bostonabcd.org 30 million unemployed due to COVID shutdown in deepening crisis after essential $600 per week federal payment ended July 31 ABCD continues frontline aid to low-income Boston-area residents, boosted now by federal CARES ACT grant to combat COVID-19 destruction On July 31 more than 950,000 Massachusetts residents lost the $600 per week federal unemployment…

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ABCD SummerWorks and you can support Boston youth

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Paid jobs, mentoring, and school prep after a devastating year ABCD SummerWorks is joining forces with newly sworn-in Acting Mayor Kim Janey, the City of Boston, and more than 100 employer partners to help underserved youngsters, particularly those who have faced isolation and hardship brought on by the pandemic.  This proven program offers career readiness workshops, mentoring, and earnings of…

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ABCD University High School Celebrates the Class of 2024

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Keynote exhortation to graduates – use life’s challenges as a springboard to success     (BOSTON, MA) — On Friday, June 14, students from ABCD’s University High School (UHS) crossed the graduation stage with diplomas in hand and plans for the future. UHS is ABCD’s alternative high school for Boston students ages 16 to 22 whose needs aren’t met in…

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ABCD urges residents to apply for home heating assistance

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Federal LIHEAP program sets benefits up to $600 (BOSTON, MA) – ABCD urges residents to apply immediately for home heating assistance through the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides up to $600 in fuel assistance for eligible households. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services…

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ABCD Urges Struggling Elders, Families to Apply for Fuel Assistance as Pandemic Surges, Winter Cold Descends

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 13, 2020 CONTACT: Susan Kooperstein617.875.3619 Lee Phenner339.368.1140 HHS releases federal LIHEAP funds as COVID-19,unemployment expand need in low-income neighborhoods As the COVID-19 pandemic surges and cold temperatures descend on the region, ABCD encourages low-income individuals and families who are struggling to get by to apply for home heating fuel assistance. ABCD administers the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance…

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ABCD very grateful for $4.5 billion in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding for heating assistance

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 29, 2021 CONTACT: Susan Kooperstein617.875.3619 Lee Phenner339.368.1140 ABCD very grateful for $4.5 billion in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding for heating assistance As temperatures plummet and heating costs spike, organization urges residents to apply now to stay healthy and safe through winter (BOSTON, MA) — ABCD President/CEO John J. Drew thanked the Biden-Harris administration fordeploying an unprecedented $4.5…

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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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