Just A Start

We provide and preserve affordable housing, offer education and training for youth and adults, and build community engagement.

Contact

General Inquiries
contact@justastart.org
617-494-0444
JAS YouthBuild
617-242-1460

Fax: 617-494-8348

الموضع

Just A Start Headquarters

1035 Cambridge Street #12
Cambridge, MA 02141
الولايات المتحدة

Wellington Harrington
YouthBuild Just A Start

1175 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
الولايات المتحدة

Wellington Harrington

1035 Cambridge Street #2
Cambridge, MA 02141
الولايات المتحدة

Wellington Harrington

Additional information

Just A Start (JAS) was founded in 1968 as a community revitalization and youth training program focused on improving Cambridge's then-struggling Wellington-Harrington neighborhood.

Since its founding in 1968, JAS has grown into a multi-service community development corporation offering a wide variety of housing, programs, and community resources to Cambridge and nearby communities. JAS provides and preserves affordable housing, offers education and training for youth and adults, and builds community engagement.

Last updated نوفمبر 15, 2022.

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Current programs

Program

Biomedical Careers Training Program

Just A Start

Wellington Harrington

JAS Biomedical Careers Program provides nine months of intensive training to prepare adults for entry-level careers in the life sciences.

Program

IT Careers Training Program

Just A Start

Wellington Harrington

JAS IT Careers Program provides nine months of free intensive training to prepare adults for entry-level IT jobs.

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JAS Financial Opportunity Program

Just A Start

Wellington Harrington

The Just-A-Start Financial Opportunity Program offers free financial coaching from an accredited financial counselor to help people define and reach their financial goals.

Program

YouthBuild Just A Start

Just A Start

Wellington Harrington

We are a youth workforce development program for out-of-school youth ages 16 - 24 from Boston Metro North communities. Students work towards their HiSET while developing workforce readiness skills.

Program

JAS Housing Services

Just A Start

Wellington Harrington

We help no, low, and moderate income residents with their housing needs, including affordable renting, affordable homeownership, homelessness prevention, mediation, renovation assistance, and more.

Program

JAS Home Improvement Program

Just A Start

Wellington Harrington

Just A Start's Home Improvement Program (HIP) provides low and no-interest loans and technical assistance to income-qualified Cambridge homeowners with their repair and rehab projects.

Program

JAS Real Estate Development

Just A Start

Just-A-Start (JAS) develops and owns affordable apartments that allow low and moderate income people to live at rents that are within their means.

Program

Volunteering Opportunities at Just a Start

Just A Start

Do you love helping those in your community? If so, we offer various volunteering opportunities that will help enrich the lives of those we serve.

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Program

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site

Just A Start

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North Cambridge

JAS partners with the IRS to offer on-site Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) tax prep services free of charge for families earning less than $54,000 per year.

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Event

YouthBuild Info Sessions

Just A Start

Wellington Harrington

This is an information session about YouthBuild's academic and workforce development program. We talk about the structure, credentials participants earn, and we review the application process.

Event

Housed in Cambridge: Mastering Your Credit Score

Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC), Just A Start, Community Development Department, and Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC)

Learn how to access your reports and credit score for free, along with a checklist of tasks to improve your score and advocate for yourself around your credit report.

Event

Scan and Go Tax Help Clinic: Just-A-Start

Just A Start

North Cambridge

We provide free tax preparation for people who make less than $56k a year. We have a remote tax option and an in-person service.