Boston Connects Inc.

ADDRESS: 2201 Washington Street,  Roxbury  MA  02119
PHONE: (617) 541-2670
FAX: (617) 427-0747
E-MAIL: Christine.Araujo.bci@ci.boston.ma.us
WEBSITE: http://www.bostonez.org/

DESCRIPTION: The Empowerment Zone (EZ) includes 5.8 square miles of some of the city's most vibrant and diverse neighborhoods. Its 57,640 residents, roughly 10% of the city's population, live in Chinatown, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, Roxbury, the Seaport District, South Boston, and the South End.

Boston Connects, Inc. is the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization charged with implementing the long-term vision of the Strategic Plan: Providing for Economic Self-Sufficiency for Individuals, Families and Communities. Under the leadership of a 24-member governing board, BCI has been successful in linking some of the city's most needy residents and neighborhoods with new economic opportunity-through job creation, daycare, skills training, alternative education or ESL (http://www.bostonez.org/).