Public Benefits and Community Assistance

We investigate complaints and resolve disputes that arise between consumers and businesses.

The Recreation Department provides quality, affordable and accessible recreational opportunities for residents of all ages in well-designed and maintained facilities.

OWD offers employment programs for both young people and adults to help them build skills, gain access to opportunities, and work towards the careers they seek.

Our university is at the frontier of academic and intellectual discovery.

Serving both the cities of Cambridge and Somerville, the Home Energy Assistance Program assists low-income households with winter heating costs incurred between November 1 and April 30.

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.

We support Cambridge through sustainable economic growth that expands opportunity, increases quality of life, and creates a healthy environment for Cambridge residents.

We develop policy and program recommendations aimed at improving the quality of life for children, youth and families in the City of Cambridge.

We advocate for a culture of respect and to monitor progress toward equality of all persons with regard to sexual orientation, and gender identity and expression through Cambridge policy and practice.

We are here to answer disability related questions, provide information & referrals, and give technical assistance to individuals and families, public agencies, and private organizations.

Free family support programming for families living in Cambridge with children birth through 8 years old.

We help give everyone access to technology and digital tools needed for success, especially for Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (BIPOC), Immigrant, and low-income communities.

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.

We are a service provided by the City of Cambridge to help residents, businesses, and institutions become more energy efficient and access renewable energy services.

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

We’re a multicultural, vibrant community of prayerful, generous, and welcoming Christians at our church in the heart of Central Square in Cambridge

We are brave, curious, and compassionate thinkers and doers.

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.

Aside from our church services, we host the Project Manna Food Pantry to support those most in-need in accordance with the teachings of our faith.

We provide a wide range of high-quality, low-cost, adult education classes, in a variety of topics, to people in Greater Boston since 1870.