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Cambridge Public Health Department
Our guide is a great way to learn about and connect to free and low-cost foods in Cambridge.
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Family Policy Council
Youth Headspace contains many youth wellness and mental health resources. Check it out!
Samaritans
Our teen support text line connects young people up to age 24 with a peer they can talk to when they feel lonely, depressed, overwhelmed, or suicidal.
Cambridge Community Center
Our food and supply pantry is open to all on a first come, first served basis until supplies run out.
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Our free, confidential hotline can connect you to clinical help for mental health and substance use concerns where and when you need it.
Cambridge Coordinated Access Network (C-CAN)
This pocket guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless
City of Cambridge, Bay Cove Human Services, and Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP)
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 Network/La Red
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.
Registration required
Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) and DHSP Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
We provide free and nutritionally balanced meals to Cambridge residents 18 years of age and under. There are vegetarian and non-vegetarian options offered at all meal sites!
On The Rise
On The Rise is a daytime, drop-in program for unhoused women, trans, and non-binary people providing the relationships, safety and resources they need to move out of homelessness.
LGBTQ+ Commission
This guide is an overview of some of the organizations that serve to support LGBTQ+ older adults. There are local organizations, national organizations, and other information.
Peer-to-peer LGBTQ+ and QTBIPOC support groups. Phone-based and in-person.
The Outdoor Church
As part of our program, we hand out various combinations of sandwiches or bagged lunches, juice boxes, snacks, socks, some seasonal items, toiletry kits, and more to the community.
Boston Food Not Bombs
Restaurant prepared hot meals served primarily to unhoused persons.
Bisexual Resource Center
We support Bi+ folks and their loved ones with support groups and resources. We advocate for bisexual visibility and raises awareness about bisexuality throughout the LGBT and straight communities.
We provide services related to substance use, harm reduction, education and mental health support.
Cambridge Police Department
This unit investigates sexual crimes and provides support and social services to survivors of sexual crimes.
Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women
We host many events through out the year in collaboration with community partnerships.
LGBT National Help Center
We manage a series of hotlines and chat rooms that serve as safe spaces for anyone to get peer support, affirmation, facts, and resources.
Love Is Respect
Our helpline helps disrupt and prevent unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence by empowering young people through inclusive and equitable education, support, and resources.
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)
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.
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
This program serves the LGBTQ+ community by supporting students and educators locally, organizing around LGBTQ-affirming public policy, planning teacher trainings, and hosting events.
Casa Myrna
SafeLink is a resource for anyone affected by domestic or dating violence.
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Riverside
We are Cambridge's primary access point to permanent supportive housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
Cambridgeport, Mid Cambridge, Riverside, and The Port
Mid Cambridge, Neighborhood 9, Riverside, and West Cambridge
We are a church providing services outside of Central, Harvard, and Porter Squares geared towards street outreach year-round, in all seasons and all weather.
We are a worldwide movement that first started in Boston, MA. We provide free vegan and vegetarian meals to people who are hungry.
We offer social, cultural, educational, and recreational activities through events and regular programming.