Public Benefits and Community Assistance

YouthBuild Just A Start is a full-time, comprehensive youth workforce development program for ages 16-24 in the Boston Metro North region.

BCAP is a 10-week intensive training program designed for individuals with strong skills who are ready to enter sustainable careers in lab support and biomanufacturing.

Just A Start's Biotechnology Careers Program provides nine months of tuition-free training to prepare adults adults with low- to moderate-incomes for entry-level careers in the life sciences.

Just A Start's Information technology (IT) Careers Program provides nine months of free intensive training to prepare adults for entry-level IT jobs.

The Winter Warming Center is a welcoming and safe drop-in center where unsheltered adults can spend the night and be safe from the environmental hazards of the street during the winter months.

Our Food Pantry offers fresh vegetables, fruits, cereals, canned goods, eggs and frozen meats for Cambridge families and individuals who need support.

Our program is a neighborhood gathering place where housed and unhoused neighbors can mingle and get acquainted in a low-key, judgment-free setting.

We provide dinner to serve our neighbors in-need.

This is a program that provides a drop-in center for homeless and street-involved youth, ages 14-24, in Harvard Square, Cambridge.

Safehome: Up to 1 month stay in a confidential location for an individual or family.
Transitional Housing: Up to two years of rental assistance for up to 16 survivors and their families.

We extend access to technology like Chromebook laptops and mobile WiFi hotspots by allowing patrons to check out devices.

We are a student-run civil legal aid organization committed to providing free representation to low-income and marginalized communities in the Greater Boston area.

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.

The CLC offers five levels of English conversation, grammar, reading, and writing classes for Cambridge residents. There are daytime and evening classes. We do not offer online-only classes.

We are a comprehensive after-school educational enrichment and work-readiness program that includes paid workshops for low-income preteens and teens in Cambridge public housing.

We have games, community action projects, and meaningful conversations about school, girlhood, society, social media, identity, and more!

Are you looking for a great way to give back to the community? Consider partnering with immigrant high school students in the Cambridge/Somerville community through Enroot!

We run an overnight emergency shelter for young adults (ages 18-24) in Harvard Square, open between October 15th and April 15th.

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

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.

We manage a homeless shelter for men and women on Green Street in Cambridge.

We connect people who are homeless in Cambridge to appropriate housing opportunities using our assessment tool.

We will fix up 800+ donated bicycles and give them to qualified Cambridge residents. With bicycles people will also receive a bike lock, helmet, and lights.

We aim to create an environment that makes it easier for residents and people who work in the city to eat healthy and be physically active.

We provide a shelter for men that includes counseling, meals, clothing, a medical clinic, and day programs.

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 offer warm hospitality and an evening meal in a safe, dignified environment to anyone in need of nourishment, every Tuesday evening.