Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD)
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| Founded | Boston Community Development Program (BCDP) 1961 Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) July 24, 1962 |
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| Founder | Melnea Cass |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Anti-poverty |
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| Origins | Boston Community Development Program (BCDP) in 1961 |
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Area served
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Boston neighborhoods |
| Method | centralized and neighborhood education, services, training, counseling, and advocacy; Area Planning Action Council (APAC); Neighborhood Services Center (NSC); Family Service Center (FSC) |
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Key people
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John J. Drew, President/CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler, Executive Vice President Syvalia Hyman III, Chairperson of the Board |
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Revenue
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$132,326,374 (funding 2008) |
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Employees
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Approximately 1,000 |
| Slogan | "Overcoming Poverty." |
| Website | bostonabcd |
Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) is an anti-poverty and community development organization founded in 1961 as Boston Community Development Program (BCDP) in Boston, Massachusetts and incorporated as Action for Boston Community Development in 1962, serving as a prototype for urban “human renewal” agencies.
It is the largest non-profit human services agency in New England, annually serving more than 85,000 low-income Boston-area residents through its central offices and a decentralized network of Neighborhood Service Centers (NSCs), Head Start centers, Family Planning sites, and Foster Grandparent sites.
Every year since 1974, ABCD has a Community Awards dinner honoring people and organizations who have made significant contributions to the Boston community especially through their volunteerism.
ABCD provides services to the community through a decentralized, citywide network, which includes 15 neighborhood centers.
These centers are usually an Area Planning Action Council (APAC), a Family Service Center (FSC), or a Neighborhood Services Center (NSC).
The neighborhood centers include:
ABCD operates two schools for specialized populations and serve as alternative learning environments.
The ABCD President/CEO provides operational and visionary leadership to ABCD, reporting to the 50-member ABCD Board of Directors. The Vice Presidents provide management covering every program and employee. Department Heads and Program Directors manage ABCD programs. Neighborhood Directors oversee operations in the many neighborhood-based centers.
ABCD runs a variety of programs for individuals and families living in the City of Boston. The agency's stated goal through these programs is to "meet needs, empower individuals and families, and strengthen communities." These programs include Career Development, Charitable Campaigns, Early Child Care & Education, Elder Services, Financial Futures Initiative, Food Pantries, Fuel Assistance/Energy Conservation, Health Services, Housing & Homelessness Prevention, Youth Development.
ABCD Head Start and Children's Services is the largest early childhood provider in Boston, and is among the top three early childhood providers in the state
ABCD Head Start and Children's Services is a family development program that serves pregnant women, children from birth to age five, and their families. The Head Start programs that ABCD runs are child-focused and designed to provide opportunities and services to low-income children and families of Boston.
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