Public Benefits and Community Assistance

We help ensure that all young people have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to and through college.

The Just-A-Start Financial Opportunity Program offers free financial coaching from an accredited financial counselor to help people define and reach their financial goals.

Skill building job and leadership training for up to 20 teens each summer.

Our programs are designed for those most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.

De Novo provides individual and group counseling for adults.

We currently provided a list of resources, information, and legal advice for people of color and immigrants.

We work to stabilize housing for eligible Cambridge tenants through mediation and dispute resolution services.

The City of Cambridge can help address concerns and questions about housing resources, tenants, homeowners, landlords and property management companies, and court-related information.

We issue temporary Cambridge disability parking permits to residents and individuals who work in Cambridge.

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

This pocket guide contains information on many different types of resources that may be useful to individuals and families who are homeless

SNAP benefits are provided by the federal government and administered by DTA.

The Student Registration Center processes all school registrations for Cambridge Public Schools.

Port Arise is here to provide support to our community through uplifting families.

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

Our City programs connect renters, homeowners and landlords to resources that help save money on their utility bills while also addressing climate change through renewable energy and efficiency.

We provide financial education and coaching to help individuals achieve their financial goals.

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!

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

We provide nutritional counseling, healthy food benefits, workshops, education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health and community resources at no cost to eligible Massachusetts families.

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.

We can provide a home visitor who can visit your home for one-hour every week to explore books, educational materials, and play-based learning with your child.

A program of the Maria L. Baldwin Community Center. We foster a strong, connected, engaged, and healthy community of residents 55 and up.

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.

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