STEAM, Financial Assistance

We offer employment training and education programs for TAFDC clients including Young Parents Program, DTA Works Internship, Office of Refugee and Immigrants Program, and more!

You can learn how to apply for temporary income through Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance programs by clicking the links on this page.

We help individuals fill out their FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) so they can get the most financial aid for which they are eligible.

We help ensure that all young people have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to and through college.

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

Our team of social workers can help make referrals to community services, help you complete applications, navigate resources, and help connect you to mental health or substance misuse programs.

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

This pocket guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless

We work with individuals and families who need help with their housing.

Dazzling minerals await you at the Harvard Museum of Natural History's Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery! New to the collection is a unique assortment of egg-shaped minerals.

When people come in we can help them use their digital devices (smartphones, tablets, computers), apply for services online, learn digital literacy and safety/privacy tips, and get access to devices.

Safehome: Up to 1 month stay in a confidential location for an individual or family.
Transitional Housing: Up to two years of rental assistance for up to 16 survivors and their families.

TriTogether is a 501(c)3 nonprofit providing free tutoring to children, teens, and young adults in foster care.

From maker space workshops to a dance studio, a Food Lab to a performance space, The Foundry’s array of spaces will serve your individual or group needs. Bring your creative spirit!

We are a student-run civil legal aid organization committed to providing free representation to low-income and marginalized communities in the Greater Boston area.

We bring robotics, coding, engineering, and design to life—shaping your child’s future through hands-on learning.
Join our afterschool studio with flexible open enrollment or convenient monthly memberships.

We provide free, high-quality, and hands-on science activities and mentoring for children and teens typically one day a week at each location.

We bring robotics, coding, engineering, and design into your child's summer and future! We also have an afterschool studio with open enrollment or monthly memberships available.

Discover the nature of Cambridge from the cockpit of a kayak during this late-summer adventure!

The program follows an Illustrative Math Curriculum with a concrete, pictorial and abstract approach to math, enabling students to learn mathematics meaningfully.

We've created orienteering courses throughout the city of Cambridge to get you and your family outside and moving around. Check out our map courses on our website!

We offer a progression of map navigation activities for home-schooled students who want to learning individually or in a group.

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.

Qualifying individuals can apply to receive affordable internet access and a new laptop.

We help girls develop courage, confidence, and character through community service, exploration, workshops and adventures, including lessons in STEM, outdoors, life skills, entrepreneurship.

We offer a wide inventory of adult professional outfits and children's clothing and resources.

We will fix up 800+ donated bicycles and give them to qualified Cambridge residents. With bicycles people will also receive a bike lock, helmet, and lights.