Public Benefits and Community Assistance

We provide case management services, brief respite, one-on-one support for family members, and more to reduce or eliminate the time children with emotional disturbances spend in out-of-home placement.

Our team provides in-home intensive clinical case management and treatment for children with severe emotional disturbances who are at risk for out-of-home placement.

We provide services for children who have witnessed domestic violence and their non-offending parent.

Meeting Place provides a secure setting for children and parents to interact when there are concerns about the emotional and/or physical safety of a child or their parents during parent-child contacts

We provide Intensive Care Coordination and Family Support & Training.

Highly structured and supportive therapeutic year round day program for adolescents, ages 12-18, presenting with major mental health concerns and disruptions in their home, school, or community.

We are a recreational program that caters to individuals with special needs in the Cambridge area.

This program serves LGBTQ+ youth through support, counseling, advocacy, education, and other resources.

We are offering in-person HIV/STI testing, treatment, and PrEP for LGBTQ+ youth ages 16-29.

Our program supports Asian/Asian American high school girls develop self-confidence and leadership skills to be successful in their social, academic, and future professional communities.

Our helpline helps disrupt and prevent unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence by empowering young people through inclusive and equitable education, support, and resources.

Our 24/7 hotline helps survivors and their loved ones by connecting them to a RAINN support specialist or a local center from RAINN’s network +1,000 sexual assault service providers.

Our online space is dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. We provide information, a "Find a Therapist" service, as well as a blog and other resources.

We can help you find treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. We provide you with information about quality treatment for addiction and mental illness.

We provide addiction treatment resources, harm reduction education and supplies, navigation of medical services, and a drop-in center at 721 Mass Ave.

We manage a series of hotlines and chat rooms that serve as safe spaces for anyone to get peer support, affirmation, facts, and resources.

We can help you find what you need, offer screenings, treatment options, support groups, and more using our online screening tool.

We offer safe, confidential crisis intervention for deaf survivors of domestic and sexual violence by calling our hotline video phone. You can also chat via our website or email us.

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

Our hotline helps prevent suicide by giving free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you and loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

This program serves the LGBTQ+ community by supporting students and educators locally, organizing around LGBTQ-affirming public policy, planning teacher trainings, and hosting events.

SafeLink is a resource for anyone affected by domestic or dating violence.

This program offers paid school-year internships at Harvard University for CRLS juniors and seniors.

During the school year, CRLS students can come to the Youth Employment Center (Room 2101, 2nd floor) during any lunch and some days after school to seek help in finding employment.

We are a health clinic for Cambridge teens conveniently located at CRLS.