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Fuel Assistance Funding Increase Brings Critical Relief to Families in Crisis

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 1, 2021 CONTACT: Cherrelle Norris617.455.7212cherrelle.norris@bostonabcd.org Fuel Assistance Funding Increase Brings Critical Relief to Families in Crisis ABCD urges struggling Boston-area and Mystic Valley residents to APPLY NOW (BOSTON, MA) –ABCD, Greater Boston’s antipoverty agency, announces a fuel assistance increase that bumps the maximum benefit to $1,110. The funding brings critical relief to families pushed to the financial brink…

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Governor Healey Commits to Signing Budget Provision Banning Renter-Paid Broker’s Fees

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Boston — Governor Maura Healey today announced that the Fiscal Year 2026 budget that she will sign in the coming days will include her proposal to eliminate renter-paid broker’s fees. In January, Governor Healey filed an outside section in her FY26 budget proposal that would require the fee to be paid by whoever hires the broker, which is usually the landlord. “The…

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Grand Opening of ABCD Operated MassHire Metro North Career Center in Woburn  

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Anti-poverty agency chipping away at labor shortages and upskilling workforce WHO: ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler, Masshire Metro North Workforce Board President and CEO Chris Albrizio-Lee, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Undersecretary of Workforce Development Alysia Ordway, Woburn Mayor Mike Concannon, Massachusetts State Senator Cindy Friedman, Representative Michelle Ciccolo of Lexington and members of the Woburn City…

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HEAD START & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN GREATER BOSTON

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OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2017 Contact Colneth Smiley Desk: 617.348.6224 Cell: 617.872.9435 colneth.smiley@bostonabcd.org ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HEAD START & EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN GREATER BOSTON ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR TODDLERS, INFANTS & BABIES As the season of autumn commences, Action for Boston Community Development continues to accept applications for newborns, babies, toddlers, and children up to age…

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HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge Headlines ABCD’s Community Heroes Celebration on November 18

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(BOSTON, MA) – On Friday, November 18, 2022, at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, ABCD will honor 16 Community Heroes – partners, collaborators, volunteers and leaders who uplift underserved and under-represented people and families throughout Greater Boston, and advocate for social, racial, economic and reproductive justice. The Community Heroes Celebration is the first ABCD awards gala since 2019, and will…

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In An Historic Appointment, ABCD Board Names Sharon Scott-Chandler, Esq., President and CEO

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First woman to lead renowned antipoverty agency looks forward to opportunity in an era of new challenges and tremendous change. (BOSTON, MA) – The Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Board of Directors has named long-time executive vice president/COO, Sharon Scott-Chandler, Esq., President and CEO of the largest social services agency in New England. Scott-Chandler succeeds John J. Drew, who…

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Learning English While a Parent

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Imagine moving to a new country as a parent and trying to support your young children with their education in a new culture. Now imagine facing this challenge when you are not yet fluent in the local language. Thousands of immigrant parents in Boston face this challenge every year. Fortunately, ABCD offers ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) for…

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Local program to provide free tax prep services

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For the 24th year, low- and moderate-income residents in Boston will have access to free tax preparation services through Action for Boston Community Development. The tax preparation program, run by ABCD in collaboration with the Boston Tax Help Coalition, offers free state and federal tax preparation assistance to Boston residents who earn $64,000 per year or less. Sharon Scott-Chandler, ABCD president…

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Local teacher teams with students to revive Houghton’s Pond stand

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For many years, visitors to Houghton’s Pond in Milton were able to get a snack at the concession stand near the playground equipment while enjoying their time outdoors at the recreation area. The stand closed, however, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now a Milton couple has reopened the stand by creating a nonprofit, Rise & Thrive Education, Inc. They also…

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Looking for a job? Check MassHire centers near you

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As unemployment spikes because of Covid-19, greater Boston’s antipoverty agency ABCD brings its workforce-development  expertise for anyone via MassHire Metro North Career Centers, in Woburn and Cambridge. With fortunate timing, ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) has assumed operations of the MassHire Metro North Career Centers in Cambridge, Woburn, and Chelsea. With one million state residents unemployed, the result of record job losses since…

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