Early Childhood Opportunities

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

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.

We provide case management services, brief respite, one-on-one support for family members, and more to reduce or eliminate the time children with emotional disturbances spend in out-of-home placement.

Our team provides in-home intensive clinical case management and treatment for children with severe emotional disturbances who are at risk for out-of-home placement.

We can provide a home visitor who can visit your home for one-hour every week to explore books, educational materials, and play-based learning with your child.

We provide services for children who have witnessed domestic violence and their non-offending parent.

We provide Intensive Care Coordination and Family Support & Training.

CAAS Head Start is a free pre-school program that supports the learning and development of children from ages 3 to 5 in Somerville and Cambridge.

This program serves families looking for help with food, rent, utilities, clothing, infant supplies, holiday assistance, refugees and immigration services, substance abuse support, and more!

Baby U is a parenting support program that offers 14 weeks of workshops and home visits for families living in Cambridge.