ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development)

ABCD is a nonprofit human services organization that each year impacts 100,000 residents with the tools and resources needed to transition from poverty to stability and from stability to succes

Services: Adult Education Classes (GED preparation, English for Speakers of Other Languages), Employment and Job Training, Health Services, Food Pantries, Fuel Assistance, Housing Assistance, Early Education and Care, Youth Services, Citizenship Assistance, and Elder Services.

Some ABCD neighborhood sites offer assistance with the Earned Income Tax Credit, tax preparation, and financial literacy. Call for further information about each program.

The Downtown office is open Monday through Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm

Allston-Brighton Neighborhood Opportunity Center (NOC)
640 Washington Street, Suite 203
Brighton
617-903-3640

Asian American Civic Association
87 Tyler St. 5th Floor,
Chinatown, Boston
617-426-9492

Dorchester Neighborhood Service Center
110 Claybourne St.
Dorchester
617-288-2700

East Boston Area Planning Action Council (APAC)
21 Meridian St.
East Boston
617-567-8857

Roxbury/N. Dorchester NOC
565 Warren Street
Roxbury
617-442-5900

JFK Family Service Center
23A Moulton St.
Charlestown
617-241-8866

Mattapan Family Service Center
535 River St.
Mattapan
617-298-2045

Mystic Valley Opportunity Center
11 Dartmouth St
Suite  104
Malden
781-321-2501

North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center
1 Michelangelo St.
Boston
617-523-8125

Parker Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Service Center
714 Parker St.
Roxbury
617-445-6000

South Boston APAC
424 W. Broadway St.
South Boston
617-269-5160

South End Neighborhood Service Center
554 Columbus Ave. Boston
617-267-7400

All services are available to residents of Boston, Malden, Medford, and Everett. Fuel assistance, Head Start, and some workforce development/job training and senior programs are available in additional suburbs. Suburban residents from towns other than those listed above should call for eligibility.

English, Spanish, French, Creole, Somali, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese. Ask about specific languages at program or neighborhood office when calling.