Brief Overview

Brief Overview of New Beginnings

Mission: To empower people to put themselves in the position to reach their personal, economic and/or employment related goals.

Overview: New Beginnings is a Community Empowerment and Computer Training Center located in Lowell, MA. founded by Advancement Plus, Inc in October of 1996. Since then, our open nature and flexible schedule has given over 2500 people a place to turn for training, help, information & guidance. We have helped individuals gain skills that have allowed them to obtain new employment, advance in their current positions, go back to school, and use technology to make personal improvements in their lives. We have worked with participants to effectively look for jobs, go back to college, get their GEDs, improve their English, buy houses, file their taxes and get control of their budgets. For many, New Beginnings has been the place to get the information and referrals they need to move forward in improving their lives.

What We Offer:

Self-Paced Monitored Computer Training in: Typing, Basic Computer Skills, and Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
Class Room Based Computer Seminars In: Intro to Word, Into to Excel, Intro to Email, Intro to the Internet, Genealogy & the Web and Buying a Computer
Supplemental Computer Tutoring Sessions
VITA TAX Preparation Program: New Beginnings has teamed up with the IRS and other local non-profits to provide free tax preparation services and e-filing to the community

Seminars & Support Groups: Job Club & Resume Writing
Referral & Follow-up to Outside Resources for: Budgeting, Resume Writing, Career Development, Going Back to School and Assistance Understanding & Accessing Community Resources
MVHUB.com: An on-line community resource guide information on over 300 programs in the Greater Lowell Area
Voter Registration & Education: New Beginnings has teamed up with OneLowell & the Non-Profit Alliance to help become registered & educated voters

The Numbers:

2500+: The number of people who have come through our doors since 1996
149: The number of people who had their tax returns prepared and filed for free through our VITA Tax Preparation Program in 2003
Over 150: Who gained either Basic or Competency Word Skills in 2002
$139,250: The amount of federal money from federal tax returns returned to the local economy through the VITA Tax Preparation Program
40%: Percent of participants who heard about us through a friend
18 - 92: Range of ages of the people we have served since 1996

What Makes Us Unique:

New Beginnings' broad mission along with its open and welcoming nature has allowed us to create a diverse environment in every sense of the word. We serve all ages, races and ethnicities, as well as people from all income brackets and mental and physical abilities. We are putting the ideals of opportunity and diversity into action, and we are providing a place for people place to turn when there is no place else.