News & Announcements http://www.bostonabcd.org/home.aspx News & Announcements http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification mojoPortal Feed Manager module Popular Boston Latino Community Activist Retires She has dedicated most of her life to giving back to the Latino community in Boston and the state of Massachusetts. As head of ABCD’s Boston Hispanic Center for more than two decades, Jenny Cintron has been a key player, in connecting the non-profit organization with the Latino families they serve.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/popular-boston-latino-community-activist-retires.aspx Mon, 21 May 2012 10:50:00 GMT Donna Summer’s powerful voice was the soul of Dorchester Every dance track on the radio today, every wedding that ends with the anthem “Last Dance,” owes a debt to Donna Summer, the Dorchester-born singer and songwriter who died this week at 63. Summer’s big, smooth, confident voice, honed through years of singing gospel as a child at Grant AME Church in the South End, helped catapult her to stardom.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/donna-summer’s-powerful-voice-was-the-soul-of-dorchester.aspx Mon, 21 May 2012 10:46:00 GMT GOP’s budget ignores needs and punishes the poor of Massachusetts By John J. Drew

On May 10, the U.S. House of Representatives approved far-reaching legislation to cut $310 billion from the deficit over the next 10 years.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/gop’s-budget-ignores-needs-and-punishes-the-poor-of-massachusetts--.aspx Mon, 21 May 2012 09:42:00 GMT What Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Mean for Massachusetts: Report Shows Cuts Would Strike Harsh Blow to Mass. Residents, Economy read more
 
]]> http://bostonabcd.org/what-proposed-federal-budget-cuts-mean-for-massachusetts-report-shows-cuts-would-strike-harsh-blow-to-mass-residents-economy-.aspx Tue, 15 May 2012 09:31:00 GMT ABCD names building for former leader Robert Coard By Jeremy C. Fox, Town Correspondent

The Action for Boston Community Development agency has announced that it will dedicate its central office building in honor of the late Robert M. Coard, ABCD’s president and CEO for more than four decades.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/abcd-names-building-for-former-leader-robert-coard.aspx Mon, 14 May 2012 16:08:00 GMT Teens out to get job done Will ask pols to keep $9M funding for Mass. summer work program

By Marie Szaniszlo
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 

Nearly 200 teenagers will lobby state lawmakers today to restore $2.1 million in funding as Massachusetts faces a summer-job crunch for youngsters.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/teens-out-to-get-job-done.aspx Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:23:00 GMT ABCD Anticipates 7,000 Summer Job Applications Current Funding Provides for Only 200 Teen Jobs read more
 
]]> http://bostonabcd.org/abcd-anticipates-7000-summer-job-applications-current-funding-provides-for-only-200-teen-jobs-.aspx Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:30:00 GMT ABCD "SummerWorks" Head: More Need for Jobs ABCD's Dan Cullinane  talks about the increase in applications from Boston teens looking for jobs in the SummerWorks program.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/abcd-summerworks-head-more-need-for-jobs.aspx Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:27:00 GMT SummerWorks: A Summer Jobs Program for Boston Youth March 31, 2012

Keeping kids off the streets and helping them earn some extra money during the summer is the main goal of a summer jobs program in Boston called SummerWorks, by the Action for Boston Community Development Agency (ABCD). 

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/summerworks-a-summer-jobs-program-for-boston-youth.aspx Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:18:00 GMT Head Start Agencies Sue Over Obama's Recompetition Rules By Saki Knafo

Not long ago, Bob Ruseau, a stay-at-home dad who lives in Medford, Mass., ran into an old friend from the neighborhood who said she was surprised by how much his 5-year-old son had changed since she'd last seen him. "She remembered Matthew as a shy, withdrawn, little boy," Ruseau recently recalled, "and now he's totally different."

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/head-start-agencies-sue-over-obamas-recompetition-rules.aspx Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:13:00 GMT At "recovery" high schools, sober and college-bound By Seth Doane

The most recent data available paints a rather startling picture of drug abuse in schools. According to the 2009 National Institute of Drug Abuse study, 20 percent of America's high school youth disclosed the recent use of an illicit drug. In the last year, more than 16 million Americans ages over 12 say they've taken a prescription drug for non-medical purposes.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/at-recovery-high-schools-sober-and-college-bound.aspx Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:02:00 GMT How Obama’s Latest Education Initiative Could Threaten American Preschool Simon van Zuylen-Wood | March 23, 2012

Last month, I toured Washington D.C.’s Edward C. Mazique Parent Child Center, one of 1,600 low-income preschool providers funded by the federal Head Start program. 

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/how-obama’s-latest-education-initiative-could-threaten-american-preschool.aspx Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:09:00 GMT Tracked Down: Tim Gunn, Tom Brady, Melissa McMeeki By Inside Track
Sunday, March 18, 2012

The cast of “Les Miserables” holding a benefit for ABCD at the Boston Opera House the night after their cast party at the Nine Zero Hotel... 

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/tracked-down-tim-gunn-tom-brady-melissa-mcmeeki.aspx Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:09:00 GMT EITC: File Your Taxes for Free and Get a Bigger Refund March 17, 2012
If you haven’t filed your income tax returns this year, here is some important information you should know before you do so! On this edition of “Centro”, we’ll talk about a program that can actually help you file your taxes for free and you can possibly receive a larger return this year.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/eitc-file-your-taxes-for-free-and-get-a-bigger-refund.aspx Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:08:00 GMT “Do You Remember Your First Summer Job?” read more
 
]]> http://bostonabcd.org/“do-you-remember-your-first-summer-job”.aspx Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:58:00 GMT Income for elderly falls short, study finds Massachusetts seniors face largest gap in US

By Gail Waterhouse |  GLOBE CORRESPONDENT   
MARCH 01, 2012

The elderly in Massachusetts struggle with the nation’s largest shortfall between income and costs, with the age group’s median income covering only about 60 percent of basic living expenses here, according to a study to be released today.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/income-for-elderly-falls-short-study-finds.aspx Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:52:00 GMT Mass. youths rally for summer job funding Boston Herald
By Colneth Smiley Jr.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

More than a thousand youths are expected to march at the State House tomorrow to push for more state funding for summer job programs.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/mass-youths-rally-for-summer-job-funding.aspx Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:17:00 GMT Boston ranks 20th in nationwide poverty rate, recent data shows The Daily Free Press

Written by Sonia Su
Feb 23, 2012

Boston ranked 20th among America’s major cities with the highest poverty rates, according to recent data from Queens College demographer Professor Andrew Beveridge.

Local antipoverty agencies, including Action for Boston Community Development and members of the Boston University community, said this does not come as a surprise.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/boston-ranks-20th-in-nationwide-poverty-rate-recent-data-shows.aspx Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:13:00 GMT Looking ahead, preschools add tech to the curriculum February 21, 2012|Michael B. Farrell, Globe Staff

Preschool teacher Denise Nelson doesn’t talk much about volcanoes anymore. Or dinosaurs.

Instead, she has spent the past six weeks trying to get 20 3- to 5-year-olds in her Head Start classroom at a Worcester preschool to ponder the properties of water. Leaning over water tables, they find out which blocks float and why paper boats sink. And they get a bit wet along the way.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/looking-ahead-preschools-add-tech-to-the-curriculum-1.aspx Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:30:00 GMT Cuts To Home Heating Aid Affect The Most Vulnerable By Monica Brady-Myerov
Feb 17, 2012

BOSTON — Legislators from cold-weather states, including Massachusetts, are proposing a new bill that would significantly increase federal heating assistance. That’s in response to President Obama’s proposed budget, released this week, that includes a $470 million cut to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/cuts-to-home-heating-aid-affect-the-most-vulnerable.aspx Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:20:00 GMT Startup group pitched to poor draws skepticism By Marie Szaniszlo
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

An effort launching today to help connect low-income people in the Boston area with new careers and entrepreneurial opportunities is raising some questions from advocates for the poor and members of the tech community.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/startup-group-pitched-to-poor-draws-skepticism.aspx Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:17:00 GMT Home heating costs on the rise Despite this winter shaping up to be one of the warmest in half a century, the cost of heating a home with oil is on the rise. Michelle Miller finds out why.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/home-heating-costs-on-the-rise.aspx Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:00 GMT US employment rise fails to benefit blacks Unemployment in the US has dropped to its lowest rate since February 2009, according to recent data.

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]]> http://bostonabcd.org/us-employment-rise-fails-to-benefit-blacks.aspx Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:30:00 GMT Apply Now for ABCD Summer Jobs! read more
 
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