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Find It Cambridge
This list contains several programs that provide low-cost or free internet and phone services to low-income households and individuals, including the Lifeline Program and Comcast Internet Essentials.
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City of Cambridge, DHSP Multi-Service Center (MSC), and Community Development Department
The City of Cambridge can help address concerns and questions about housing resources, tenants, homeowners, landlords and property management companies, and court-related information.
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
DHSP Multi-Service Center (MSC)
We work with individuals and families who need help with their housing.
Registration required
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.
Contact the MSC if you are living on the street, in emergency shelters or at risk of losing your housing and need help.
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.
Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Community Development Department, and Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP)
The guide is organized around six key themes: affordable housing, emergency housing, housing rights, legal and mediation services, safe & healthy homes, and financial assistance.
Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Community Development Department, and Cambridge Public Library
Housed In Cambridge: Information to Open Doors is a citywide campaign designed to educate and inform residents on housing opportunities and housing-related resources and services.
City of Cambridge, Community Development Department, and Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
Housed in Cambridge: Information to Open Doors webinar recordings.
We connect people who are homeless in Cambridge to appropriate housing opportunities using our assessment tool.
Lawyers Clearinghouse
We connect Massachusetts nonprofits with pro bono legal assistance, education, and resources to help them strengthen their operations and support their communities.
Offers people who have Massachusetts-based criminal records (CORI) the opportunity to seal or expunge their records with free assistance from volunteer lawyers.
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.
Cambridge Police Department, Cambridge Youth Programs (DHSP), Cambridge Public Schools, and Cambridge Public Health Department
Our partnership fosters positive development, mental health, safe schools and communities, and limiting juvenile justice involvement through prevention, intervention and diversion services for youth.
Cambridge Police Department
We investigate domestic related assaults and abuse incidents and provide an advocate to help survivors obtain community services and develop safety plans.
Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development
In addition to shelter, we offer case management, workshops and trainings, supplemental resources, seasonal support, and more to 126 families in shelter.
Heading Home
We provide shelter, transitional & permanent housing + support services to extremely low-income homeless/formerly homeless adult individuals & families with children in Cambridge & Greater Boston.
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.
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Mid Cambridge, Neighborhood 9, Riverside, and West Cambridge
Our university is at the frontier of academic and intellectual discovery.
Mid Cambridge
East Cambridge
We offer diverse, high-quality programs promoting leadership and youth development through enrichment activities, unique experiences, and opportunities to develop relationships with adults and peers.
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
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 help people who are experiencing homelessness and housing problems in Cambridge.
