Established in 1916, TAFS services included but were not limited to, helping travelers find housing and employment opportunities, as well as directions and transportation to future destinations.
[1] Known as a nondiscriminatory organization, TAFS helped those from all walks of life such as immigrants, stranded travelers and the poor that arrived at Boston’s train stations and docks.
Their annual budget funds affordable housing projects and also provides social services like job hunting and temporary lodging.
[3] FamilyAid Boston adopted a more modernized social mission, moving away from strictly helping stranded or lost travelers as they did in the 1900s.
"[4] Although the organization has shifted its mission's focus, they have continued to build homeless and emergency shelters, as well as advocating for affordable housing projects throughout the city as they did in the past.