Public Benefits and Community Assistance

This is a paid career exploration and internship program for young adults (ages 18-24) living in Cambridge who've graduated high school (or Hi-Set) but still don't know their next steps in life.

We restore and protect the green spaces in urban areas like the one around Magazine Beach along the Charles River. in spring and summer we invite people to enjoy the site and host community events.

We support Bi+ folks and their loved ones with support groups and resources. We advocate for bisexual visibility and raises awareness about bisexuality throughout the LGBT and straight communities.

Project Manna Epic Program operates a food pantry to provide assistance, aimed at increasing the nutritional competency of needy families in our community.

Are you interested in exploring gender as a social construct and what that means for your identity? Join Gender Expansive Youth (GEY)!

We are a youth workforce development program for out-of-school youth ages 16 - 24 from Boston Metro North communities. Students work towards their HiSET while developing workforce readiness skills.

We provide inspiring mentoring and out-of-school time experiences to empower immigrant youth and support their academic, career, and personal success.

Deliver groceries to folks in Somerville and Cambridge on the first Tuesday morning of each month!

The Cambridge Public Library offers free computer classes, book groups, English classes, makerspace workshops, and lots more upcoming opportunities to learn.

The Literacy Project offers free classes in English conversation, job hunting and resume writing.

We serve LGBTQ+ youth through support, health, advocacy, education, and resources. We are committed to social justice and creating, sustaining, and advocating for services for LGBTQ youth.

Our partnership fosters positive development, mental health, safe schools and communities, and limiting juvenile justice involvement through prevention, intervention and diversion services for youth.

We investigate domestic related assaults and abuse incidents and provide an advocate to help survivors obtain community services and develop safety plans.

We provide shelter, transitional & permanent housing + support services to extremely low-income homeless/formerly homeless adult individuals & families with children in Cambridge & Greater Boston.

A free program that can help Social Security beneficiaries go to work, get a good job that may lead to a career, and become financially independent.

Educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people

We provide language access services for people with limited English; in medical, legal, and community settings; while creating job opportunities for Language Access Fellows.

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

We offer training on housing and benefits issues to other groups, work closely with community organizations seeking policy changes and raise funds for homeless prevention.

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.

This unit investigates sexual crimes and provides support and social services to survivors of sexual crimes.

Our programs serve to improve awareness of the importance of oral health to overall health by providing oral health education, dental screenings, and assistance with access to care.

We host many events through out the year in collaboration with community partnerships.

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

Meeting Place provides a secure setting for children and parents to interact when there are concerns about the emotional and/or physical safety of a child or their parents during parent-child contacts