Adult Education and Enrichment

We work with 175+ diverse agencies in Cambridge and beyond. These agencies rely on community volunteers to help deliver services, support operations, or lead on their boards of directors.

This program offers free financial coaching from an accredited financial counselor to help people define and reach their financial goals.

We connect low-income parents with a personal coach and supportive connections to help reach family goals in health, housing, finances, education, and work!

We offer in-person and online classes for adults in a variety of subjects and specialties each season.

We provide one-to-one mentoring to youth and adults with disabilities to reach their full potential.

We have several support groups, meetings, and events happening virtually for parents and their children.

We offer martial arts for children, teens, and adults. Learn how to stay fit, active, and focused. Taekwondo combines kicking, punching, and blocks into a workout for body and mind!

We provide 24/7 mobile crisis services and help people who need access to timely, high quality mental health and substance use services.

This is a free program to help people prepare for a career in early childhood education.

We provide financial education and coaching to help individuals achieve their financial goals.

Our free, confidential hotline can connect you to clinical help for mental health and substance use concerns where and when you need it.

Port Arise is here to provide support to our community through uplifting families.

This is a transitional jobs program for younger adults who have had difficulty finding a job.

We offer a free dual enrollment program with Bunker Hill Community College. Students take two classes and receive advising support to prepare for their next steps, such as college or career training.

Have you been feeling stressed or overwhelmed? CEOC has a service to help!

Interactive and educational outdoor events in the Alewife Brook Reservation!

We restore and protect the green spaces in urban areas like the one around Magazine Beach along the Charles River. in spring and summer we invite people to enjoy the site and host community events.

The Helpline is the only statewide, public resource for finding substance abuse treatment and recovery services.

Solar Start is a paid, 2.5 month-long program providing hands-on instruction in photovoltaic (solar panel) installation, design, and maintenance.

Just A Start partners with the Boston Tax Help Coalition and the IRS to offer Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) services free of charge.

BCAP is a 10-week intensive training program designed for individuals with strong skills who are ready to enter sustainable careers in lab support and biomanufacturing.

Just A Start's Biotechnology Careers Program provides nine months of tuition-free training to prepare adults adults with low- to moderate-incomes for entry-level careers in the life sciences.

Just A Start's Information technology (IT) Careers Program provides nine months of free intensive training to prepare adults for entry-level IT jobs.

The Winter Warming Center is a welcoming and safe drop-in center where unsheltered adults can spend the night and be safe from the environmental hazards of the street during the winter months.

The Center for Families Newsletter is full of information, resources, and supports for Cambridge families with children birth-8 years old.

The Longfellow Summer Arts Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.