Like many new immigrants, Supinah Hodges was excited to start her first job in the United States. She had learned some English, taken computer classes, and finally gotten a job at a Dunkin Donuts in Cambridge. The hourly wages surpassed
The Boston Tax Help Coalition kicked off its eighteenth season of free tax preparation services with the help of Mayor Martin J. Walsh and community partners at a launch event held yesterday at the Roxbury Center for Financial Empowerment. The
Alan Gentle was in his office, chipping away at the administrative details of his staff’s financial work – when the phone rang. It was the Boston Municipal Research Bureau calling with exciting news: Gentle had been selected as one of
A key wedge driving the gap between Boston’s affluent and low- and middle-income residents is credit. While good credit opens the door to low-cost loans, poor or no credit can make innumerable life transactions more expensive, from car loans to
Today, ten graduates completed the Bridges to Careers program, which prepared them to enter rigorous job training with BEST Hospitality Training Center. See the photo gallery below for glimpses of their celebration. Or learn more about Bridges to Careers, run by Mayor Walsh’s
Caroline Sande stood in front of the graduates of the Bridge to Culinary program at their December 9th ceremony in Roxbury as a prime example of someone who made the most of the opportunity she’d been given. Just six months
When they walk into Maria Chavez’s Boston Housing Authority (BHA) office, many public housing residents come fatigued by the challenges of poverty, stress, and the uphill battle to improve their situation. Maria embraces them – anyone who enters her office,
The Office of Financial Empowerment’s Boston Tax Help Coalition prepares and files taxes for eligible individuals and families for free. If you worked in 2015 and earned less than $54,000, you may be eligible. Last week NECN visited our tax