Travelers’ Aid established the Renters Assistance Program (RAP) to assist people at risk of losing their housing.
Priscilla Stevenson Hunt, a longtime board member–and Board Chair in the 1980s and 1990s–helped birth the modern-day FamilyAid. She expanded its programs through increased philanthropic support during […]
During the 1980s, support services at Logan International increased to accommodate a rise in air travel. Travelers’ Aid also worked to develop several homeless shelters in response […]
The first Black faculty member to be tenured within the School of Social Work at Boston University, Josephine Lambert served on the Travelers Aid Board of Directors […]
Throughout the 70s, the Travelers’ Aid Society of Boston helped establish programs and agencies to support the expanding population of runaway children in the US, refugees fleeing […]
During the 1960s, Travelers’ Aid Society of Boston assisted over 1,000 Polish refugees and Portuguese refugees displaced by volcanic eruptions. We also worked with other Travelers’ Aid […]
Howard Thurman, whose beliefs and influence changed the course of the civil rights movement in the United States and who served as a resource for Martin Luther […]
Travelers’ Aid Society helped individuals who were brought to New England from the southern United States on the promise of jobs and good wages, but who were […]
Travelers’ Aid units were set up during the war years, and in post-war years Traveler’s Aid helped returning servicemen and displaced persons such as European refugees and […]
Throughout the 1930s, Travelers’ Aid helped those displaced by the Great Depression, largely migrant workers moving to New England from Florida.