Early Childhood Opportunities, Public Benefits and Community Assistance

We issue temporary Cambridge disability parking permits to residents and individuals who work in Cambridge.

We provide financial education and coaching to help individuals achieve their financial goals.

Our free, confidential hotline can connect you to clinical help for mental health and substance use concerns where and when you need it.

Our team of social workers can help make referrals to community services, help you complete applications, navigate resources, and help connect you to mental health or substance misuse programs.

Port Arise is here to provide support to our community through uplifting families.

This is a transitional jobs program for younger adults who have had difficulty finding a job.

We bring together students from Harvard College and surrounding universities with kids from Cambridge's different neighborhoods.

We offer a free dual enrollment program with Bunker Hill Community College. Students take two classes and receive advising support to prepare for their next steps, such as college or career training.

Our City programs connect renters, homeowners and landlords to resources that help save money on their utility bills while also addressing climate change through renewable energy and efficiency.

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

This pocket guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless

We provide a weekly Zoom drop-in group for LGBTQIA+ older adults as well as a Virtual Visits group for transgender and gender diverse older adults. We also offer LGBTQIA+ and trans bereavement groups.

Contact the MSC if you are living on the street, in emergency shelters or at risk of losing your housing and need help.

Our aging information and service center makes referrals to elder services and disability services, either through those individuals directly or through a caretaker.

We provide summer programming for ages 3 to 6. Our lead teacher and owner is a mother of four children raised in Cambridge with over 20 years of early education experience.

We've provided daycare for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Our lead teacher and owner is a mother of four children raised in Cambridge with over 20 years of early education experience.

We offer access to affordable rental and homeownership units for low, moderate, and middle-income households.

Our Childcare Program serves children age 15 months to 5 years old in two Toddler and two Preschool classrooms. We have school year and summer spots for enrollment.

Our themed summer program fosters each child's emotional, academic and social development through play and exploration in our safe and nurturing community.

We are a daycare center for children ages 0-5.

We investigate domestic related assaults and abuse incidents and provide an advocate to help survivors obtain community services and develop safety plans.

This unit investigates sexual crimes and provides support and social services to survivors of sexual crimes.

Have you been feeling stressed or overwhelmed? CEOC has a service to help!

We host two nature camps for children and youth over the summer, one at Habitat in Belmont and one at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln.

We provide developmentally appropriate childcare programs with an academic foundation that allows to build their strengths and succeed in school and in life.