Public Benefits and Community Assistance, Afterschool Activities

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

Pink Sunday is a 501(c)(3) Non Profit Organization dedicated to promoting the importance of women's health and wellness.

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.

We are a multilingual and multicultural preschool and kindergarten with afterschool and summer offerings in Central Square. We specialize on Early Global Education and Teachers growth.

Want to process tough emotions with someone who understands? Our confidential peer-run HEART Line is here to listen and talk on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 4 pm. Call us at 617-902-0102.

We've created orienteering courses throughout the city of Cambridge to get you and your family outside and moving around. Check out our map courses on our website!

We offer a progression of map navigation activities for home-schooled students who want to learning individually or in a group.

We can help you with applying for health insurance like MassHealth, Health Connector plans, Health Safety Net, Medicare and dental plans through the Massachusetts Health Connector.

We offer help in applying for SNAP/Food Stamps or completing annual recertifications and interim reports. We can also help you resolve problems that may lead to loss or reduction of benefits.

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

We promote the earliest parent-child relationships by helping parents manage the care of a new baby.

Cambridge residents with children in grades K-8 apply to DHSP Afterschool Programs through this lottery application. The lottery opens in April for the coming school year.

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.

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

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

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!

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 a fun and inclusive wrestling classes for boys and girls with expert instructors and coaches.

We have a variety of programs and clinics that include skill work and mini-games with the focus of learning the game of baseball and having fun!

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.

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!

We manage a homeless shelter for men and women on Green Street in Cambridge.

We offer a wide inventory of adult professional outfits and children's clothing and resources.