Academics and Tutoring, Homelessness Supports

We offer a variety of services, supports and programs dedicated to ensuring equitable access and success for students who have a documented risk of regression during the summer months.

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.

We offer fun and exciting project-based programs in: Game Design, Roblox, Minecraft, Python. Augmented Reality, Engineering, Circuitry, Robotics and more...

The City of Cambridge can help address concerns and questions about housing resources, tenants, homeowners, landlords and property management companies, and court-related information.

This is a program that provides a drop-in center for homeless and street-involved youth, ages 14-24, in Harvard Square, Cambridge.

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.

TriTogether is a 501(c)3 nonprofit providing free tutoring to children, teens, and young adults in foster care.

We are offering virtual tutoring in all subject levels (K thru 12), including ACT/SAT test prep and foreign languages.

We run an overnight emergency shelter for young adults (ages 18-24) in Harvard Square, open between October 15th and April 15th.

The program follows an Illustrative Math Curriculum with a concrete, pictorial and abstract approach to math, enabling students to learn mathematics meaningfully.

The guide is organized around six key themes: affordable housing, emergency housing, housing rights, legal and mediation services, safe & healthy homes, and financial assistance.

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.

Housed in Cambridge: Information to Open Doors webinar recordings.

Join us for a math-focused summer! Kids entering grades 3-8 will play math games, learn to do art and music with a math focus, and become better solvers of non-standard, hard math problems.

We are a non-profit organization offering high-quality and engaging education in French for francophone families in greater Boston.

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.

We provide summer reading book recommendations; activities for children, teens, and adults; live events; as well as prizes and giveaways throughout July and August.

We provide meals and materials to individuals who are low-income or extremely low-income, and who are experiencing homeless, are housing insecure, or living in persistent poverty.

We offer lots of free events throughout the year for people of all ages with a love of learning!

We provide shelter, transitional & permanent housing + support services to extremely low-income homeless/formerly homeless adult individuals & families with children in Cambridge & Greater Boston.

We offer training on housing and benefits issues to other groups, work closely with community organizations seeking policy changes and raise funds for homeless prevention.

We have an exciting opportunity for you! Boston Community Tutoring (BCT) offers free, one-on-one virtual tutoring for students in K-12.

Since 1987, First Church Shelter has provided a basic act of mercy to the poor and homeless of Cambridge and surrounding communities.

We provide homeless people with a safe, caring place to stay in the winter, plus counseling resources and transitional supports for anyone employed and saving money towards secure housing.