Public Benefits and Community Assistance

We are the national resource to disrupt and prevent unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence by empowering young people through inclusive and equitable education, support, and resources.

We are here to serve the entire community, by providing free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs for LGBTQIA+ folks.

We work to prevent suicide and support those who have lost someone to suicide. Each year, 300+ volunteers answer more than 80,000 calls, texts, and chats on our Helpline.

We ensure that people from racial, ethnic and sexual/gender marginalized populations with or at-risk for mental health and substance use issues can access quality care, thrive, and achieve well-being.

We access to services and supports to meet the mental health needs of individuals of all ages; enabling them to live, work and participate in their communities.

Heading Home is a leading provider of emergency shelter, transitional, and permanent housing for extremely low-income families and individuals currently or formerly experiencing homelessness.

PBHA meet the needs of youth and families through community-based afterschool, summer, and enrichment programs in Boston and Cambridge with an emphasis on accessibility for underserved groups.

We are a City department dedicated to ensuring women and girls equal economic, social, political, and educational opportunities throughout the city.

CHRC investigates complaints of discrimination that occur in Cambridge; in housing, employment, education, and public accommodations.

Our mission is to assist and empower low-income individuals and families to meet their basic needs, improve their quality of life, and achieve long-term economic self-sufficiency.

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

We are the oldest nationally-focused bi+ organization in the U.S. that advocates for bisexual visibility and raises awareness about bisexuality throughout the LGBT and straight communities.

CCTV (cctvcambridge.org) is the community media center serving Cambridge.

We help provide legal resources and information for people of color and immigrants about common situations.

We are one of the largest human services providers in the Commonwealth in addition to being the most programmatically diverse.

GLSEN strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Greater Boston PFLAG works to create environments of understanding so that all people can live with dignity and respect through:

SpeakOUT is a community of speakers working to create a world free of homo-bi-transphobia and other forms of prejudice by telling the truths of our lives.