Public Benefits and Community Assistance

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.

We provide lunch at noon every day and a continental breakfast six days each week through our drop-in Day Shelter.

We offer a variety of services, supports and programs dedicated to ensuring equitable access and success for students who have a documented risk of regression during the summer months.

We visit moms and dads of young children at a convenient location to share information about early literacy development, talking and reading with children, and community resources.

As part of our program, we hand out various combinations of sandwiches or bagged lunches, juice boxes, snacks, socks, some seasonal items, toiletry kits, and more to the community.

We provide several support services for senior citizens in Cambridge each year including regular outreach meetings, education on common scams or general safety, and our Secret Santa for Seniors event.

We are one of two shelters in Massachusetts that accept people who are using drugs and alcohol and are homeless.