Public Benefits and Community Assistance

Here is a list of all the licensed, private individual childcare options in Cambridge (and some in Somerville).

We offer nutritious food to those in need, no questions asked! Individuals and families can receive help once per week.

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

Since 1999, we've been offering community meals that are open to all (twice per month from September to June).

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.

Every Saturday, we open our place to the people in need and provide them with hot meals.

We operate a community supper each Thursday evening at Christ Church Cambridge.

We distribute free, prepared to-go meals twice each month on the second and last Tuesday evenings.

Our food pantry provides individuals and families in need with fresh fruits and vegetables, canned and dry goods, meats, and dairy products.

We offer a food services program that provides emergency food to over 16,000 individuals and families each year.

We are distributing free bags of fresh vegetables, bread, and other food items every Saturday morning.

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

Our drop-in is open to eight people at a time. Check website for updated hours. Use a computer, cook in the kitchen, get help from a volunteer, pick up food & supplies, T-passes, clothing closet.

Our cadet training program is a paid, benefitted full-time position with a two-year commitment for Cambridge residents between ages of 18-23 who are interested in pursuing a career in public safety.

This program is designed to help youth to acquire the professional skills and coaching experience needed for working within the parkour industry, while also building valuable professional skills.

This is a transitional jobs program for younger adults who have had difficulty finding a job.

We are a nonprofit community grocery store in Central Square, Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, and Salem, MA. We accept SNAP and welcome you to use it on all the food in our stores!

We bring together students from Harvard College and surrounding universities with kids from Cambridge's different neighborhoods.

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.

This is a free program to help people prepare for a career in early childhood education.

SCES and Cambridge Senior Centers offering lunches Monday through Thursday.

Known as universal preschool, we provide free preschool to Cambridge 4 year-olds and some 3 year-olds beginning in September.

JAS IT Careers Program provides nine months of free intensive training to prepare adults for entry-level IT jobs.

JAS Biomedical Careers Program provides nine months of intensive training to prepare adults for entry-level careers in the life sciences.

We offer summer jobs to Cambridge teens, from age 14 through the summer after they graduate high school.

Enjoy a selection of local, family-owned and operated food trucks every Tuesday through Thursday in the Kendall/MIT Open Space, with plenty of outdoor seating options available!