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Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. (ABCD)
Founded1962
FounderMelnea Cass
Type501(c)(3)
FocusAnti-poverty
Location
Key people
John J. Drew, President/CEO
Employees
Approximately 1,000
Websitewww.bostonabcd.org

Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) is an anti-poverty organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest non-profit human services agency in New England, serving serving more than 100,000 low-income Greater Boston residents through its city-wide network of neighborhood-based organizations.[1]

Organization

ABCD provides services to the community through a decentralized, city-wide network, which includes 13 neighborhood centers.

Leadership

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 15 neighborhood-based centers.

Following the death of long-time president and CEO, Bob Coard, in November 2009[2], ABCD's board of directors named John J. Drew as Coard's successor. Prior to accepting the top post, Drew worked as ABCD's Vice President for more than 20 years. [3][4]

Funding

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History

In 1961 Boston residents, with support from Mayor John F. Collins and the Permanent Charity Fund, established the Boston Community Development Program (BCDP) to improve quality of life for city residents. In 1962 BCDP was incorporated as ABCD.

In 1964, Congress passed the Economic Opportunity Act, and the City of Boston designated ABCD as its official anti-poverty agency. ABCD established a neighborhood-based Area Planning Action Council (APAC) system to manage 11 target neighborhoods of acutely concentrated poverty. [7]

Programs

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." [8].


Head Start

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 [9]

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.[10]

Fuel Assistance

SummerWorks

References

  1. ^ http://www.bostonabcd.org/about/history/
  2. ^ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/11/05/robert_coard_as_abcd_leader_with_golden_touch_fought_poverty_for_half_century/
  3. ^ http://www.wbur.org/2009/11/04/obit-coard
  4. ^ http://www.massnonprofit.org/news.php?artid=1709&catid=11
  5. ^ http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ehedterminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Community+Development&L2=Housing+Energy+Programs&sid=Ehed&b=terminalcontent&f=dhcd_cd_cold_cold&csid=Ehed
  6. ^ http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/liheap/index.html
  7. ^ http://www.bostonabcd.org/about/history/
  8. ^ http://www.bostonabcd.org/programs/
  9. ^ http://bostonheadstart.org/why-head-start/
  10. ^ http://bostonheadstart.org/header/about-abcd-head-start/
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