SNAP Food Assistance: Massachusetts DTA
Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)
Outside CambridgeSNAP benefits are provided by the federal government and administered by DTA.
Central Square Meals Program
Solutions at Work
Cambridgeport, Mid Cambridge, Riverside, and The PortRestaurant prepared hot meals served primarily to unhoused persons.
Cambridge Healthy Markets
Cambridge in Motion and Cambridge Public Health Department
Wellington Harrington North Cambridge The Port Cambridgeport Mid CambridgeThe Healthy Market Program works with local convenience store owners to make healthy, affordable food and drink options available to customers.
Drop-In Community Center
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.
Food Pantry: Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House (MFNH)
Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House (MFNH)
The PortThe Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House food services program provides emergency food to over 16,000 individuals and families each year.
Meal Program: Faith Kitchen
Faith Lutheran Church
The PortWe distribute free, prepared to-go meals twice each month on the second and last Tuesday evenings.
Meals Program: CommonCare Meals Ministry
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Mid CambridgeSince 1999, the CommonCare Meals Ministry has been offering community meals that are open to all.
Meals Program: Harvard Square Churches
Find It Cambridge
Mid CambridgeThe Harvard Square Churches Meal Program operates a community supper each Thursday evening at Christ Church Cambridge.
Meals Program: Loaves and Fishes
Loaves and Fishes Meals
CambridgeportEvery Saturday, we open our place to the people in need and provide them with hot meals.
Meals Program: Salvation Army Soup Kitchen
Salvation Army
CambridgeportDuring COVID-19, we'll be distributing bagged meals at the door for people to take home.
SNAP Match Program
Community Development Department, Cambridge Public Health Department, Food For Free, Mass Farmers Markets, and Cambridge Community Foundation
Riverside The Port AgassizIf you are eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the SNAP Match program will double the value of your SNAP purchases at three Cambridge farmers markets.
Cambridge/Somerville WIC Program
Cambridge Health Alliance
The PortThe Program at 119 Windsor Street provides nutrition consultation and food benefits for pregnant, breastfeeding women, infants and children up to age five.
Directory of Resources for People Homeless in Cambridge
Cambridge CAN
This online guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless.
Home Delivery: Food For Free
Food For Free
Food For Free's Home Delivery program brings food to low-income Cambridge residents who live alone or who cannot access food pantries due to illness or disability.
WIC Program - North Cambridge
Cambridge Health Alliance
North CambridgeWIC provides nutritional counseling, food benefits, and referrals to health and community resources and other resources at no cost to eligible families.
CEOC Food Pantry
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC)
Mid Cambridge
Our Food Pantry offers fresh vegetables, fruits, cereals, canned goods, eggs and frozen meats for families and individuals who need some support.
Volunteers welcomed, CORI check required.
CEOC Food Pantry: North Cambridge
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC)
Agassiz, Cambridge Highlands, Neighborhood 9, and North Cambridge
Our Food Pantry offers fresh vegetables, fruits, cereals, canned goods, eggs and frozen meats for families and individuals who need some support.
Volunteers welcomed, CORI check required.
CEOC SNAP/Food Stamp Assistance
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC)
Mid CambridgeWe offer help in applying for SNAP/Food Stamps or complete annual recertification. In addition, our advocates can help you resolve problems that may lead to loss of benefits.
Food Resource Guide
Cambridge in Motion and Cambridge Public Health Department
The Food Resource Guide is a great way to learn about and connect to free and low-cost foods in Cambridge. To view the guide, click on the link under "Additional Information."
Helping Hand Food Pantry @ Saint James
St. James's Episcopal Church
Mid CambridgeOur food pantry provides various items for families in need to take home.
Hope’s Cradle Pantry
Cambridge First Church of the Nazarene
RiversideHope's Cradle is baby essentials pantry sponsored by Cambridge First Church of the Nazarene .
Social Services at Cambridge Council on Aging
Cambridge Council on Aging
Mid CambridgeCouncil on Aging offers a wide range of social services and is committed to meeting the needs of seniors.
St. James Food Pantry
Christ Church Cambridge
Mid CambridgeOur food pantry serves over a hundred families each week, many of who are from Cambridge.
St. Paul's AME Food Pantry
St. Paul's AME
The PortOur food pantry has been servicing the community for more than 40 years.
The Friday Café
First Church in Cambridge
Neighborhood 9 and West CambridgeThe Friday Café is a neighborhood gathering place where housed and unhoused neighbors can mingle and get acquainted in a low-key, judgment-free setting.