Disabilities and Special Needs, Parenting Resources

Youth Headspace contains many youth wellness and mental health resources. Check it out!

We have several support groups, meetings, and events happening virtually for parents and their children.

A home visiting programs' primary purpose is to support and encourage parents and caregivers, share information, and connect families with resources in their home and/or a convenient location.

We provide 24/7 mobile crisis services and help people who need access to timely, high quality mental health and substance use services.

Supporting youth with special needs in afterschool/summer programming.

The Student Registration Center processes all school registrations for Cambridge Public Schools.

We provide nutritional counseling, healthy food benefits, workshops, education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health and community resources at no cost to eligible Massachusetts families.

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

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

The Center for Families Newsletter is full of information, resources, and supports for Cambridge families with children birth-8 years old.

When people come in we can help them use their digital devices (smartphones, tablets, computers), apply for services online, learn digital literacy and safety/privacy tips, and get access to devices.

We extend access to technology like Chromebook laptops and mobile WiFi hotspots by allowing patrons to check out devices.

We provide language and interpretation classes, youth programs, multicultural community events, and other supports for immigrant families.

Pathways to Family Success supports low-income Cambridge families with free events, activities, supplies, and community.

Join us on Zoom, 10am ET, for half an hour, on occasional Saturdays to learn and practice techniques for having difficult conversations.

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

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

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 work to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline by offering children mental health services that improve their long-term health and well-being.

Supports families through home-based evaluations and services for children up to age 3 with or at risk for developmental delays.

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

Riverside Early Head Start is a comprehensive early childhood program that partners with parents to promote children’s healthy development.

We provide services related to substance use, harm reduction, education and mental health support.

We support children and their families through the early childhood communities that care for them such as early childhood teachers, directors, and family childcare providers.

The Cambridge Doula is a home visiting program available to all expecting parents who are Cambridge Health Alliance patients.

We provide comprehensive support to the parents and caregivers of youth with mental health challenges, as well as their children, through a variety of coaching, childcare, and community-building programs.

Cambridge Dads was created to increase fatherhood engagement in programming. The program strives to ensure dads are engaged, informed, and feel supported in their role as parents.