Public Benefits and Community Assistance

We work with 175+ diverse agencies in Cambridge and beyond. These agencies rely on community volunteers to help deliver services, support operations, or lead on their boards of directors.

Our guide is a great way to learn about and connect to free and low-cost foods in Cambridge.

We provide one-to-one mentoring to youth and adults with disabilities to reach their full potential.

We help people pay for theirwinter heating bills if they are from low-income households in Cambridge and Somerville.

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

Our food and supply pantry is open to all on a first come, first served basis until supplies run out.

This guide contains Mental Health and Domestic Violence resources for immigrant families in Cambridge.

We issue temporary Cambridge disability parking permits to residents and individuals who work in Cambridge.

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

We offer a free dual enrollment program with Bunker Hill Community College. Students take two classes and receive advising support to prepare for their next steps, such as college or career training.

The City of Cambridge can help address concerns and questions about housing resources, tenants, homeowners, landlords and property management companies, and court-related information.

This pocket guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless

We work with individuals and families who need help with their housing.

The Winter Warming Center is a welcoming and safe drop-in center where unsheltered adults can spend the night and be safe from the environmental hazards of the street during the winter months.

We understand the importance of community and the power of compassion. As a 100% volunteer-run program, we are committed to supporting vulnerable individuals and families in Cambridge, MA.

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.

Safehome: Up to 1 month stay in a confidential location for an individual or family.
Transitional Housing: Up to two years of rental assistance for up to 16 survivors and their families.

We can help you find out if you're paying too much for your electricity bill and find the best programs to help you save money.

The CLC offers five levels of English conversation, grammar, reading, and writing classes for Cambridge residents. There are daytime and evening classes. We do not offer online-only classes.

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

MPF is recruiting Fellows to lead youth programs for youth in grades 6-12 at one of our partner schools, city agencies, and non-profits across Massachusetts! Apply today!

Contact the MSC if you are living on the street, in emergency shelters or at risk of losing your housing and need help.

On The Rise is a daytime, drop-in program for unhoused women, trans, and non-binary people providing the relationships, safety and resources they need to move out of homelessness.

The guide is organized around six key themes: affordable housing, emergency housing, housing rights, legal and mediation services, safe & healthy homes, and financial assistance.

Housed In Cambridge: Information to Open Doors is a citywide campaign designed to educate and inform residents on housing opportunities and housing-related resources and services.

Housed in Cambridge: Information to Open Doors webinar recordings.