Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Services Network: Domestic violence services
- REACH: Domestic violence shelter, services
- Second Step: Residential and community assistance for families domestic abuse
- Voices against Violence: Domestic violence survivors and their children
Food Resources
- A Better Tomorrow (Everett)
- Anchor Baptist Church Pantry (Woburn)
- The Arc of East Middlesex
- Bedford Community Table/Pantry, Inc.
- Bread of Life (Malden)
- Bristol Lodge Soup Kitchen
- Cambridgeport Baptist Church Food Pantry
- Celebration International Church (serves Metrowest area, based in Wayland)
- Centre Street Food Pantry (Newton)
- Central Food Ministry, Inc. (based in Lowell)
- Chelmsford Community Exchange
- Community Cupboard Pantry (Medford)
- Community Supper (Acton)
- Council of Social Concern (Woburn)
- Dracut Food Pantry
- East End House (Cambridge)
- EFSP A Place to Turn
- Elizabeth Peabody House Food Pantry
- Emmanuel Baptist Church – Malden
- Food for Free Committee
- Framingham Civic League
- Friends of Francis Food Pantry
- Greater Boston Food Bank
- God’s Kitchen
- Hope Worldwide New England Inc. (Framingham)
- Hudson Community Food Pantry
- International Family Church Seeds of Love (North Reading)
- International Ministry Food Pantry (Somerville)
- Jewish Family and Children’s Services (Waltham)
- Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, Inc. (Ayer)
- Malden Haitian Church of the Nazarene
- Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House, Inc. (Open to area, based in Cambridge)
- Maynard Food Pantry (Open to area)
- Merrimack Valley Food Bank (Open to area, based in Lowell)
- Natick Service Council (clothes, school supplies, coats)
- National Hunger Clearinghouse Resource: Emerging referral service
- New Bethel Baptist Church (Framingham)
- Newton Food Pantry
- North Shore Assembly of God Food Pantry (Freedom Hill Community Church)
- Open Pantry of Greater Lowell Inc.
- Open Table, Inc. (Concord & Maynard)
- Our Lady of Fatima Parish (Sudbury)
- Our Neighbor’s Table (Amesbury)
- PACH Outreach (Pepperell)
- People Helping People (Residents of Burlington only)
- Philadelphie SDA Church Pantry (Malden)
- Project Just Because, Inc. (Hopkinton)
- Sacred Heart Food Pantry (Waltham)
- SMOC
- Somerville Homeless Coalition
- St. Bridget’s Food Pantry
- St. James Episcopal Helping Hand Pantry
- St. Paul’s AME Church Pantry (Cambridge)
- St. Paul’s Soup Kitchen Eliot Church (Lowell)
- St. Vincent de Paul Immaculate Conception Food Pantry (Everett)
- St. Vincent de Paul/St. Raphael’s Food Pantry (Medford)
- Town of Ashland Food Pantry
- Town of Tewksbury
- Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry
- Watertown Food Pantry
- Westford Food Pantry
- United Way Tri-County
- Sudbury Community Food Pantry
- Townsend Ecumenical Outreach
- Unitarian Universalist Church Pantry (Medford)
- Women Infants & Children (WIC) Program
Fuel Assistance
- Citizens Energy Oil Heat Program: Low-cost energy to poor elderly households
- Mass Resources Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: Those eligible can access various types of energy assistance, as a yearly benefit or in a crisis.
Homelessness: Issues and Shelters
- BCMHC: Transition to independent living for homeless young men
- The Bridge Fund of Massachusetts: Financial services and assistance to avoid evictions and homelessness.
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Services for homeless/runaway youth
- Bristol Lodge Shelters (Waltham): Emergency shelters, two facilities (one for men, one for women)
- CASPAR Inc.: Homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness
- Cambridge Multi Service Center: HomeStart, Community Legal Services & Counseling, primary prevention, rapid re-housing
- Caritas Communities: Low-income housing (Arlington, Bedford, Brookline, Cambridge, Everett, Medford, Melrose, Wakefield).
- Community Action Agency of Somerville: Homeless Prevention program, also works with HeadStart
- Community Services (CRJ): Housing throughout the state for individuals with physical or intellectual disabilities.
- Cradles to Crayons: Low income and homeless children under 12
- DUIL Program (Tewksbury): For repeat DUI offenders, no cost services
- Emergency Shelter Assistance: Help low income families and pregnant women searching for housing, temporary DHCD shelter, plan for rehousing, referral for other services as needed
- Family Homelessness: National Center on Family Homelessness, based in Waltham
- Family Promise Metrowest: Emergency shelter and meals to families in transitions
- HAP Housing: Various programs that offer: short-term financial assistance for homeless or those on-cusp-of-homelessness, emergency shelter, time limited assistance to provide housing solution, free foreclosure prevention guidance, transitional housing (domestic violence victims, pregnant women)
- Home for Little Wanderers: Shelter
- Homeless Child Care: For those not eligible for DTA child care and living in DHCD/DCF shelters (child care time slots to allow parents to look for work, housing or go back to school. May be free or small fee depending on financial situation)
- Housing Corporation of Arlington: Primary prevention, rapid re-housing/diversion
- Housing Families Transforming Lives: Emergency shelter, low-income housing, educational services, family counseling
- Key Program (Alternative Lock-Up Program): (in Lowell) Temporary shelter for juveniles ages 7-17 (to avoid being in a police holding cell for over six hours)
- Lazarus House: Emergency food, shelter, assistance
- Mary’s House: Emergency shelter for up to 8 homeless families.
- Meadows Program: Shelter for women with substance issues or recently incarcerated
- Residential Assistance for Families in Transition: Emergency funding for transitional housing
- Scattered Sites: Transitional housing
- Shadows (SMOC): Shelter for single adults
- Shelters for Veterans: Shelters and services for veterans
- Shelters/Transitional Assistance: Shelters for families, domestic violence victims, teen parents, homeless youths
- Turning Point: shelter for single adults
- The Wish Project: Homeless families transitioning into homes
- Youth Village: Transitional Housing
Mental Illness and Cognitive Challenges
- Advocates: Human services for the elderly, mentally challenged,
- CASPAR Inc.: Homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness
- Community Services (CRJ): Housing throughout the state for individuals with physical or intellectual disabilities
- EMARC: Serves disabled individuals and their families throughout county
Parenting
- Parents Helping Parents: Parental Support Groups
- Parent Education Programs: Court-approved parent education programs
Services Directed to Children & Teens
- A Home Within: Matches current and former foster children with licensed therapists for pro bono sessions.
- Accept: Special education resources and services for students in elementary through high school; transitional programs for students up to age 22
- Birthday Wishes: bringing joy of a birthday party to homeless children.
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Services for homeless/runaway youth
- Brigid’s Crossing: Teen living program
- CASA Boston: Court appointed special advisors for children
- Cambridge Public Library Greater Boston ECRC: Free educational/entertainment resources for caregivers
- Camellia Network: Assists youths transitioning out of foster care by setting them up with registries and donors.
- CFJJ: Advocates for fair juvenile justice system
- Children’s Charter Trauma Clinic (Key Program): (in Waltham) Trauma specialty clinic offering individual/family/group treatment, forensic evaluations of parents and children, psychological, testing, expressive arts therapy, community training and consultation
- Children’s League of Massachusetts: Advocacy to promote children’s initiatives.
- Cradles to Crayons: Low income and homeless children under 12
- Diaper Depot of Waltham: Free diapers
- DTA Child Care for TAFDC: Free care chosen by the parents depending on need (must qualify for TAFDC first)
- DTA Child Care for non-TAFDC teen parents:
- Head Start/Early Head Start: Free early childhood programs for low-income pregnant women and children ages 0-5
- Home for Little Wanderers: Shelter
- Homeless Child Care: For those not eligible for DTA child care and living in DHCD/DCF shelters (child-care time slots allow parents to look for work, find housing or go back to school; free or small fee depending on financial situation)
- Infant Toddler Care Acton: Early school/preschool
- Key Program (Alternative Lock-Up Program): (in Lowell) Temporary shelter for juveniles ages 7-17 (to avoid being in a police holding cell for more than six hours)
- Key Program (Family Networks DCF): (in Lawrence) Single-point-of-entry services for children and families, coordinates family meetings, new in-home resources
- Lowell Diaper Bank Collaborative: Free diapers
- Merrimack Valley Catholic Charities Young Parents Program: Various programs
- North Cambridge Children’s Center: Early education and care center
- One Simple Wish: Creates a “wish” registry for children in foster care
- Pathways Family Shelter: Teen families referred by DTA
- Prescott Young Adult: Halfway home
- Shelters/Transitional Assistance: Shelters for families, domestic violence victims, teen parents, homeless youths
- Solutions at Work: Resources for children (books, clothes, toys), business attire for those enrolled in job training programs, moving services, refurbished computers for previously homeless, professional development, advocacy
- Teen Parents Child Care: Free day care, free transportations, service referrals, counseling, and parental education for eligible teen parents
- Tuition Assistance for Foster Teens: Tuition assistance for foster teens
- Watson Academy (CRJ SJSS): Educational enrichment and supplemental programs
- Wayside Family Services: Therapeutic counseling, crisis counseling, mentoring
- Wayside Youth and Family Support/ShortStop: Residential/educational services, counseling and substance abuse services, prevention/support services, transitional co-operative supportive housing in Somerville
- Youth Build Boston: Job training and integrated education
Substance Abuse
- Answer House (South Boston): Residential substance abuse treatment for men
- CASPAR Inc.: Homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness
- Sullivan House: Intensive substance abuse treatment for adult male
Miscellaneous & Multiple Services
- A Better Tomorrow (Everett): Health services, senior services, ESOL classes, citizenship classes, computer literacy classes
- Advocates: Human services for the elderly, mentally challenged,
- CASPAR Inc.: Homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness
- Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee: Variety of services, financial planning, food pantries, preschool childcare, health programs, affordable housing stabilization
- Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston: Holiday programs (children and elderly, Christmas gifts, home delivered meals, free groceries), refugee services, adult education, shelter
- Catholic Charities Greater Boston in Somerville: Basic needs, food pantry, human resources
- Community Teamwork, Inc. (CTI): Food/nutrition, utilities/housing
- Community Resource for Justice: EBP training for Mass. parole
- HRS: Family human services for Wellesley, Weston, Wayland
- Key Program: Family related human services
- Key Program (Framingham HQ): Advocacy and field support, Framingham office
- Marlborough CDC : Helping to build family self-sufficiency
- Merrimack Valley Catholic Charities: Basic needs, counseling, family support services, food pantry, grandparents as parents, parental support services
- Mission of Deeds: Providing beds and other household essentials to the previously homeless, survivors of domestic abuse, refugees, the elderly, victims of fire or other tragedies, and those with disabilities.
- Natick Service Council: Food pantry, after school programs, heating fuel assistance, holiday gifts, preventative dental core, school supplies
- National Hunger Clearinghouse Resource: Emerging referral service
- Salvation Army: Cambridge Corps (rent assistance, utilities, shelter, medication, low-income housing), Framingham, Lowell, Waltham, Malden
- Sargent House (CRJ SJSS): Works with up to six men (18-21) who suffer from trauma, sexual abuse, cognitive disabilities, or intellectual challenges
- South Middlesex Opportunity Council: Wide variety of services
- Welcome Home: A home-goods pantry