Parenting Resources, Volunteering

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Assist older adults with transportation to and from clinics so that they can keep much-needed medical appointments for screenings and treatments. This role is in high demand!

Help an older adult in Cambridge or Somerville budget and manage their finances. This program helps ensure that essential bills like rent and utilities are paid!

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

This is our traditional program where adult mentors are paired with children ages 7-12. Bigs agree to meet Littles for 3 hours, a couple of times a month.

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.

We can provide a home visitor who can visit your home for one-hour every week to explore books, educational materials, and play-based learning with your child.

These two VA recommended apps can help you reduce or quit tobacco products and gain mindfulness coping strategies for reducing stress.

Our helpline helps disrupt and prevent unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence by empowering young people through inclusive and equitable education, support, and resources.

Our 24/7 hotline helps survivors and their loved ones by connecting them to a RAINN support specialist or a local center from RAINN’s network +1,000 sexual assault service providers.

Our online space is dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. We provide information, a "Find a Therapist" service, as well as a blog and other resources.

We can help you find treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. We provide you with information about quality treatment for addiction and mental illness.

Our hotline helps prevent suicide by giving free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you and loved ones, and best practices for professionals.