Summer was anything but a vacation for Henry Smith, who managed Action for Boston Community Development’s employment and training program, ensuring that at-risk youths had jobs during the months when ...

Growing up in Dorchester, Tina Lewis-Ware watched her single mother scramble to pay the bills and raise four daughters. Her mom had dropped out of high school, worked at a dry cleaners and tirelessly ...

ABCD teams up with Fenway Park on its SummerWorks program. Good News Tuesday highlights the good works that make our community stronger. Share your Good News with us ...

Kiabeth Pagan had just turned 11 years old when her father lost his mechanic job and her parents split up. Her mother packed her and her younger siblings up and moved them from Lawrence to a shelter ...

EFFORT. REPORTER: IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT AN AVERAGE JOE CAN HEAR HIS OR HER NAME ANNOUNCED OVER THE LOUD SPEAKERS OF FENWAY PARK. >> THEY YELL OUT JIM BURNS #8, IT'S SUCH A COOL EXPERIENCE TO HEAR ...

For many years, the non-profit organization ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development agency) has kept kids off the streets, while helping them earn some extra ...

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 ...

If there’s one thing John Drew never gets tired of, it’s his summer jobs program. Drew has spent well over 40 years at Action for Boston Community Development ...

The Mayor's SummerWorks program to put youth to work has been so successful, Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen calls it a model for the rest of the country.The number of people ages 16-21 placed in the Mayor's ...