Public Benefits and Community Assistance, Youth

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!

We provide employment training and job search services to veterans and their families.

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

Our teams help youth develop as climbers, athletes, and humans. We foster growth through goal setting, critical thinking, and increasing confidence and resilience through a competitive platform.

We currently provide lists of resources, information, and legal advice for people of color and immigrants.

We run parkour classes in various parks throughout Cambridge and Somerville during the school year. No special equipment or prior experience needed.

We provide nutritional counseling, healthy food benefits, workshops, education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health and community resources at no cost to eligible Massachusetts families.

A full-day offering that features a half-day of parkour instruction and challenges and a half-day of climbing (belaying & bouldering).

SNAP benefits are provided by the federal government and administered by DTA.

We offer a rowing program on the Charles River for youth ages 12-18.

We offer high quality, humanistic ballet education and training for children of all levels age 3 and up.

Are you looking for a great way to give back to the community? Consider partnering with immigrant high school students in the Cambridge/Somerville community through Enroot!

We are offering in-person HIV/STI testing, treatment, and PrEP for LGBTQ+ youth ages 16-29.

We provide career support resources, such as personalized career guidance, informative workshops, specialized training programs, job referrals, resume assistance, and a wide array of job listings.

We host rock climbing weeks for young people with a variety of rock climbing skill levels. We have a standard options as well as options that include parkour activities and rock climbing together.

We provide an engaging and empowering summer dance program for children and teens.

We are a youth soccer camp for girls and boys, focused on fun and development.

Girls in our summer camps will have fun and build character through community service, exploration, workshops and adventures, including lessons in STEM, outdoors, life skills, entrepreneurship.

We offer sailing, paddling, and windsurf lessons, STEM programs, games, and other activities for Greater Boston's youth every summer.

Kroka is a wilderness expedition school for young people based on an organic farm in Marlow, New Hampshire.

Our CIT program allows youth to participate in rock climbing while supporting younger Summer Adventures participants with a variety of rock climbing skill levels. Some weeks include parkour as well.

We provide various basketball programs for youth and coaches over the summer.

We provide an engaging and empowering dance classes for all ages.

We serve LGBTQ+ youth through support, health, advocacy, education, and resources. We are committed to social justice and creating, sustaining, and advocating for services for LGBTQ youth.

We are an emergency shelter for homeless women. Guests receive referrals for health care, mental health services, educational services, and housing.

We are Boston’s largest provider of domestic violence awareness efforts and of shelter and supportive services to survivors.

We host activities for kids outdoors and indoors, including those that are open to the public and some tailored specifically to Boy Scouts.