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Salvation Army
We provide lunch at noon every day and a continental breakfast six days each week through our drop-in Day Shelter. We also have an on-site health clinic with dental, psychiatric, and medical support.
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Just A Start
We support no, low, and moderate income residents with housing needs including housing stabilization, mediation and dispute resolution, and stewardship for Cambridge affordable condo associations.
Family Policy Council
Youth Headspace contains many youth wellness and mental health resources. Check it out!
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
We offer a wide range of engaging, affordable, and high-quality classes to adults in a welcoming, creative community. In-person, online, and hybrid options are available.
Registration required
DHSP Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
We help people pay for theirwinter heating bills if they are from low-income households in Cambridge and Somerville.
On The Rise
Keep The Keys is a housing stabilization program for On The Rise participants who transition out of homeless and into housing of their own.
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC)
We can help you with many housing-related services, including signing up for the Cambridge Affordable Housing list, preventing eviction, resolving issues with property managers, and more.
Cambridge Health Alliance
We provide 24/7 mobile crisis services and help people who need access to timely, high quality mental health and substance use services.
Samaritans
Our teen support text line connects young people up to age 24 with a peer they can talk to when they feel lonely, depressed, overwhelmed, or suicidal.
Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston
We currently provide lists of resources, information, and legal advice for people of color and immigrants.
AIDS Action Committee
Our programs are designed for those most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.
Cambridge Women's Center
Our drop-in is open to eight people at a time. Check website for updated hours. Use a computer, cook in the kitchen, get help from a volunteer, pick up food & supplies, T-passes, clothing closet.
CitySprouts
We provide a year-round, in-person leadership program at the Hurley Street Farm. Youth will learning leadership skills through urban gardening and environmental activism.
Find It Cambridge
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.
Application required
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Our free, confidential hotline can connect you to clinical help for mental health and substance use concerns where and when you need it.
Cambridge Public Library
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.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Cambridge/Middlesex
We offer free support groups for family members and friends of people with mental illness, as well as peer supports for people suffering from a mental health condition.
Community Development Department and All in Energy
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.
Cambridge Coordinated Access Network (C-CAN)
This pocket guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless
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Community Development Department and Cambridge Housing Department
Join a virtual info session to learn about the City's Affordable Rental and Homeownership Programs
Monday, April 6, 2026
6PM – 8PM
Cambridge Energy Alliance, Community Development Department, and All in Energy
We help Cambridge residents and small businesses access clean-energy, efficient, and affordable programs. We can help you learn if you're paying too much on your electricity bill and save you money.
We provide an daycare and preschool center for families in-need, particularly those trying to break the cycle of homelessness and attain self-sufficiency.
DHSP Multi-Service Center (MSC)
Contact the MSC if you are living on the street, in emergency shelters or at risk of losing your housing and need help.
Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services
Our aging information and service center makes referrals to elder services and disability services, either through those individuals directly or through a caretaker.
Cambridge Housing Department
We offer access to affordable rental and homeownership units for low, moderate, and middle-income households.
Harvard Brillante Academy
Come join our Chinese immersion summer camp for classical Chinese reading, challigraphy, tea art, Gongfu (Wushu), Chinese instruments, Chinese Art crafts, Chinese food and much more.
Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Community Development Department, and Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP)
The guide is organized around six key themes: affordable housing, emergency housing, housing rights, legal and mediation services, safe & healthy homes, and financial assistance.
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