Public Benefits and Community Assistance

We offer diverse, high-quality programs promoting leadership and youth development through enrichment activities, unique experiences, and opportunities to develop relationships with adults and peers.

Strategic Services, Project Management & Implementation, Marketing & Communications, Providing Physical and Online Support, and more...

Cambridge HEART envisions interconnected local communities that practice care, healing, transformative accountability, self-determination, and that are free of carceral systems.

We help break the cycle of poverty and homelessness by providing people with resources and opportunities to strengthen their confidence, achieve self-sufficiency, and participate in helping others.

Onsite & online interactive classes, workshops, and cultural events in dance, fitness, martial arts, music, theater, and more, for all ages and abilities, by our talented and diverse faculty members!

We are Cambridge's primary access point to permanent supportive housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

A unified system with a strong main library and six active branch libraries each tailored to the unique needs of its neighborhood.

We are a church providing services outside of Central, Harvard, and Porter Squares geared towards street outreach year-round, in all seasons and all weather.

We are a worldwide movement that first started in Boston, MA. We provide free vegan and vegetarian meals to people who are hungry.

We provide specialized diagnostic and therapeutic mental health services to children & adolescents (primarily ages 6-17) who are court-involved or at risk of being court-involved and their families.

We holistically support the education achievement and overall wellness of under-resourced children and families.

Free early literacy program for all families in Cambridge with children birth to 8 years.

We provide free legal services to low income residents of Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Woburn and Winchester in civil legal matters including denials for public benefits claims.

We offer social, cultural, educational, and recreational activities through events and regular programming.

We collect used bikes and give them away for free to people who need them.

We develop and manage safe, good quality, affordable housing for low-income individuals and families in a manner which promotes citizenship, community and self-reliance.

We are committed to working with the community to make the City of Cambridge a safe and desirable place to live, work or visit. We solve problems and improve public safety.

Since 1972, Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) has been the area's aging information and service center.

We empower a diverse community of adult learners through education, skill development, and community participation.

We help people who are experiencing homelessness and housing problems in Cambridge.

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

De Novo provides free civil legal assistance and affordable psychological counseling to low income people.