Public Benefits and Community Assistance, STEAM

JAS Biomedical Careers Program provides nine months of intensive training to prepare adults for entry-level careers in the life sciences.

JAS IT Careers Program provides nine months of free intensive training to prepare adults for entry-level IT jobs.

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.

Our 24-hour free & confidential hotline provides emotional support, information, referrals, safety planning, and crisis intervention for LGBTQ+, kink, & polyamorous survivors of partner abuse.

We offer a tuition-free summer program where youth learn about gardening, STEM activities and experiments, environmentalism, leadership, and team building games.

We are a center for our students and community partners to play, tinker, design, and create. We also research new opportunities for learning through engagement and inquiry-based exploration.

Qualifying individuals can apply to receive affordable internet access and a new laptop.

We provide six years of after-school and summer programming for middle and high school students on the path to college.

Habitat Nature Day Camp has been engaging children since 1974.

We offer summer jobs to Cambridge teens, from age 14 through the summer after they graduate high school.

We offer a summer camp option for 3 weekly sessions for current 1st-6th graders. Each week has a different topic as the central theme.

Enjoy a selection of local, family-owned and operated food trucks every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space, with plenty of outdoor seating options available!

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 offer STEM programs at various locations across New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts to children ages 4-13.

This is a free-of-cost STEM summer day program aimed at students with low income and/or low exposure to STEM.

Explore exciting technologies, enjoy outdoor activities, and make new friends! Tech Explorers, LEGO® BattleBots®, Drones and Bots, Minecraft Makers, and more.

We help girls develop courage, confidence, and character through community service, exploration, workshops and adventures, including lessons in STEM, outdoors, life skills, entrepreneurship.

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.

We offer two, weeklong summer sessions where current middle grades youth visit our galleries and campus to learn new skills in hands-on workshops, fun activities, and a creation showcase.

Peer-to-peer LGBTQ+ and QTBIPOC support groups. Phone-based and in-person.

We visit moms and dads of young children at a convenient location to share information about early literacy development, talking and reading with children, and community resources.

Counselors-in-Training are part of the Youth Employment Program (YEP) where youth have fun at summer camp and earn $75 for completing responsibilities during their session.

Our summer programs provide a creative, hands-on learning experience like no other. Get ready for a summer brimming with thrilling explorations and discoveries alongside us!

We are a fantasy camp for young people located on the outskirts of Boston, MA that run online events and in-person summer camps.

We serve children and youth (ages 6-22) with disabilities by providing a super fun summer program full of outdoor activities, swimming, field trips, crafts, cooking, and more!