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1967

Posted on January 10, 2023 at 12:45 pm.

Urban College Program begins.

1965

Posted on January 10, 2023 at 11:14 am.

Nation’s first community health center is established by ABCD and Tufts University at the Columbia Point Housing Development.

1964

Posted on January 10, 2023 at 11:11 am.

Written by ITS Support

Congress passes the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) that creates the War on Poverty; ABCD is designated Boston’s antipoverty agency.

1962

Posted on January 10, 2023 at 11:05 am.

Written by ITS Support

ABCD is incorporated to provide urban “human renewal” with a $1.9 million grant from the Ford Foundation and funding from the Permanent Charity Fund (now The Boston Foundation).