Sports and Recreation, Parenting Resources

Youth Headspace contains many youth wellness and mental health resources. Check it out!

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

A home visiting programs' primary purpose is to support and encourage parents and caregivers, share information, and connect families with resources in their home and/or a convenient location.

Our parkour-based summer programs are all designed to give kids a safe and positive environment for them to learn about and explore their world.

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

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

We are a 1-week program that brings communities together around the joy of soccer, promoting athletic skill, leadership development, and citywide unity in Cambridge and Greater Boston.

We provide language and interpretation classes, youth programs, multicultural community events, and other supports for immigrant families.

We are a nonprofit programs support girls to be physically and emotionally healthy and strong. Girls on the Run will be hosting a team at Danehy Park this fall beginning the week of September 19th.

Join us on Zoom, 10am ET, for half an hour, on occasional Saturdays to learn and practice techniques for having difficult conversations.

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.

We promote the earliest parent-child relationships by helping parents manage the care of a new baby.

We offer a summer camp where children play sports activities all day!

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 visit moms and dads of young children at a convenient location to share information about early literacy development, talking and reading with children, and community resources.

Cambridge Girls Softball League fields teams for Spring, Summer, and Fall Seasons. No prior experience needed to play at any of the levels – just a willingness to learn, try your best, and have fun.

We provide you with personal attention to improve your football skills and fundamentals.

We offer weekly arts education classes for youth (5th-7th grade) that include dancing, acting, and other movement-based arts.

We provide personal training, fitness, sports, nutrition, and other classes, workshops, and a resources to help support your wellbeing and goals.

We partner with local businesses and organizations to sponsor free events in parks across the city.

Riverside Early Head Start is a comprehensive early childhood program that partners with parents to promote children’s healthy development.

We provide services related to substance use, harm reduction, education and mental health support.

The Cambridge Doula is a home visiting program available to all expecting parents who are Cambridge Health Alliance patients.

Cambridge Dads was created to increase fatherhood engagement in programming. The program strives to ensure dads are engaged, informed, and feel supported in their role as parents.

Our programs serve to improve awareness of the importance of oral health to overall health by providing oral health education, dental screenings, and assistance with access to care.