• Neighborhood Stabilization Program - ABCD has contracts with the cities of Canton and Massillon and Stark County to purchase ,renovate and sell homes which have been foreclosed.  ABCD also provide counseling services to all potential buyers.

• Bradley Place - The ABCD, Inc. in partnership with the NRP Group were awarded Tax Credits by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, which enabled the construction of this complex in downtown Massillon.  The 52 unit complex (all 2 bedrooms) is named after Ben Bradley, a former Massillon football star who's activities included: President of the Massillon Tigers Booster Club, President of the Massillon Parks and Recreation Board, Chairman of the Board of the Stark County Community Action Agency and President of the Board of Lighthouse Visions to name a few.  Financing was provided by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency; the Ohio Department of Development; the Stark County Board of Commissioners; the City of Massillon and Key Bank.  Special thanks to Mayor Francis H. Cicchinelli Jr., Massillon City Council, Community Development Director, Aane Aaby, and former Housing Director, Marilyn Frazier.

• Orchard Grove Apartments - a 24 unit complex in Alliance, Ohio for people who derive the majority of their income from farm labor.  These are the first such units constructed in Ohio.

• The ABCD, Inc. Homes - The ABCD, Inc. has constructed 30 new houses and renovated 10 primarily in the northeast section of Canton.  The houses, financed primarily by tax credits, are designed to blend in with the neighborhood and serve as a basis for revitalization and stabilization of the respective neighborhoods.

• The ABCD, Inc. Homes II - Includes 35 new units and 3 renovated units.

• Cherry Homes - a 30 unit 4 bedroom scattered site development.

• Gateway Place - a 29 unit 4 bedroom scattered site development primarily in the Southeast. 

• Massillon Homes I - a 50 unit complex financed primarily by tax credits whereby The ABCD, Inc. serves as a Development Consultant.

• Massillon Homes II - a 30 unit complex.

• Queen Esther's Estates - is composed of 33 Cottages for the elderly in Southeast Canton, Ohio and completed in 2008.

• Wilson Pointe - a 40 unit, three story complex for the elderly in Canton, Ohio located at 6th. Street NW and McKinley Ave. Wilson Pointe Elderly complex is named after Dr. Doris Wilson who served as former Chairperson of The ABCD, Inc. Board of Directors.

• Brewster Homes - is a partnership between The ABCD, Inc., Zephyr Homes and the Stark county Regional Planning Commission to sponsor the construction of 8 new homes in the City of Brewster, Ohio in 2008 and 2009.

• The City of Canton Initiative - is a 6 unit development.

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• The ABCD, Inc. is certified as a Community Housing Development Organization (CHODO) by the state, county and city governments.  Funds received from the various entities help to acquire and renovate houses and sell them to first time homeowners.  Plans include targeting houses which are in close proximity to the previous mentioned developments.

• In 2005, The ABCD, Inc. became certified as a HUD Counseling Agency through the Mission of Peace CDC, a HUD intermediary organization. This certification permits The ABCD, Inc. to provide pre/post purchasing counseling, credit counseling, down payment assistance, foreclosure prevention, reverse mortgages, homebuyers club, tenant and rental issues and financial literacy.

• The ABCD, Inc. serves as a "Community Organizer" and works with such neighborhood groups as the Gateway Association, Concerned  Citizens for the 4th. Ward, Southwest Association of Neighbors and the Cherry Avenue Neighborhood Development Organization to enable them to bring about improvements in their respective neighborhoods.

Since 1978, The ABCD, Inc. Dial-A-Ride has been providing transportation services for the elderly, handicapped and low income people.  With a daily rider ship average of 250 people, The ABCD, Inc. offers both fixed route and on demand door to door service.

We offer door to door service to the elderly through our Title III contract with the Area Agency on Aging, 10B, Inc.  Drivers are available to help assist seniors getting in and out of our vehicles, as well as being responsive to individuals needs and their unique pickup and drop-off times.  The ABCD, Inc. Dial-A-Ride  is also an integral part of the PASSPORT program whose aim is to keep seniors in their homes longer.  By providing them with transportation, they are able to get out and do essential tasks such as shopping and making necessary medical appointments.

Helping individuals with making the transition form public assistance to self-sufficiency, our Title XX contract with the Stark County Department of Human Services enables them to get to work and back home again.  Other  transportation related services for them are also available as they prepare to become self-sufficient.

During 2009, The ABCD, Inc. was awarded a three year contact to  transport people to receive Dialysis Treatment; medical care resulting from the treatments and trips to Cleveland for SSI disability appeals.

The ABCD, Inc. also contracts with the Jobs Access Reverse Commuters Program (JARC), helping ex-offenders with transportation to job sites, which is vital to their re-entry into the community.

Other transportation programs include contracts with colleges, hotels, churches, day care centers, schools, travel agencies, social service providers and corporations, to name a few.