Public Benefits and Community Assistance

We promote and maintain socioeconomic diversity in Cambridge by supporting low-, moderate-, and middle-income residents through preserving and expanding affordable rental and homeownership programs.

We provide and preserve affordable housing, offer education and training for youth and adults, and build community engagement.

We support and empower community members experiencing homelessness through material aid, access to resources, and advocacy.

We are a collaborative office implementing the Cambridge Preschool Program and helping families find early childhood supports. Our work and team are shared jointly by CPS and the City of Cambridge.

DHSP strives to meet the needs of residents through our extensive services from newborns to senior citizens, from school aged children to homeless families, from non-profits to local employers.

A unique 6. 5 square mile community with a strong mix of cultural, demographic and social diversity.

We protect and promote the health of everyone in Cambridge through services, information, policies, and regulations.

We collect used bikes and give them away for free to people who need them.

For more than 100 years, Catholic Charities has continued its mission of building a just and compassionate society rooted in the dignity of all people.

Our mission is to promote and safeguard the health and independence of seniors.

We are Cambridge's anti-poverty agency. We provide a variety of wrap-around services to help people with public benefits, health insurance, financial education, housing, and more.

Cambridge Camping Association provides enriching and inclusive summer and school year programming for children living in under-resourced circumstances in our community.

We are a survivor led organization that provides a wide range of continuous and comprehensive services for women exploited through prostitution and sex trafficking.

We help people who are experiencing homelessness and housing problems in Cambridge.

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.

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

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

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.

Find It Cambridge is a search tool that helps people find services and activities in Cambridge.

We work to ensure that all young people have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to and through a post secondary education.

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.

All In Energy advances an inclusive clean energy economy by connecting underserved communities to energy-savings and affordable renewable energy, while increasing green jobs for diverse talent.

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

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

We manage workforce development and labor to ensure workers have protection, tools, and training to succeed.