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American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
359588

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers that provides vital relief to victims of natural and man-made disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. First mandated by Congress in 1900, the American Red Cross is the ONLY voluntary organization designated to respond to disasters with the mission of alleviating human suffering and helping those affected rebuild their lives. American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided at no cost, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people.  read more »

Cambridge Community Center

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
356388

Cambridge Community Center's mission is to provide enriching cultural, educational, recreational and social activities for the community it serves, with particular commitment to the children and youth of the Riverside/Cambridgeport neighborhoods.

www.cambridgecommunitycenter.org

Cambridge Community Services

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
356588

Cambridge Community Services' mission is to identify human service needs in Cambridge, and to develop collaborative responses and programs that can be instituted as ongoing resources in this and other communities. The agency's current emphasis is on youth education and employment.

Cambridge Family & Children's Service

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
360288

CFCS's mission is to identify and implement ways to strengthen family and individual self-sufficiency and to promote conditions, which provide children, adolescents, and dependent adults with stable home and community environments. In summary our mission is to serve children and strengthen families.

www.helpfamilies.org

CCRC

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
358688

Centro Presente

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
358288

Centro Presente helps Central and Latin American immigrants develop the ability to determine their individual and collective futures locally and nationally. Operated primarily by Central Americans, Centro Presente empowers Latino immigrants in Massachusetts through the promotion of civic and democratic participation, leadership development, education and legal immigration services.

www.cpresente.org

CLSACC

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
356888

Community Art Center

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
360788

The Community Art Center is an arts and social service organization that believes each person will, when given a chance, achieve significant personal, social and cultural growth through the arts.

Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (CLSACC)

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
356888

East End House

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
362488

East End House is a not-for-profit multi-service community center and social service agency with an ongoing commitment to a diverse population, providing programs and services to strengthen family and community.

www.eastendhouse.org

Heading Home, Inc. (f.k.a. Shelter, Inc.)

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
372488

It is the mission of Shelter, Inc. to end homelessness in the lives of individuals and families by providing effective shelter, housing and supportive services and by promoting policy and practice necessary to change those conditions that create homelessness. Believing fully in the inherent dignity and strength of all people, Shelter serves all in a respectful and personal manner while emphasizing the values and tools of self-sufficiency, stability and independence within the greater community.

Transition House

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
373888

Transition House's mission is to prevent and stop domestic violence through education and intervention. Their objective is to provide the refuge, support services, education and empowerment skills that enable battered women to achieve financial independence and access permanent safety and well being for themselves and their children.

www.transitionhouse.org

Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS)

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
372888

MAPS's mission is to improve the lives of Portuguese-speaking individuals and families from Massachusetts and help them become contributing, active participants in American society while maintaining strong ethnic identity and a sense of community. MAPS works with and for the Brazilian, Cape Verdean, Portuguese and other Portuguese-speaking communities to increase access and remove barriers to health, education and social services through direct services, advocacy, leadership and community development.

www.maps-inc.org

These agencies service people living in this city, town, or region.

Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation

City/Town: 
Brighton
Agency Code Number: 
690588

The Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (ABCDC) engages neighborhood residents in an on-going process of shaping and carrying out a common vision of a diverse and stable community in the face of sustained economic pressures. This vision is evident in community-led projects that protect and create affordable housing, create greenspace, foster a healthy local economy, provide avenues for economic self-sufficiency, and increase understanding among and between our neighborhood's diverse residents.

http://www.allstonbrightoncdc.org/

American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay

City/Town: 
Cambridge
Agency Code Number: 
359588

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers that provides vital relief to victims of natural and man-made disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. First mandated by Congress in 1900, the American Red Cross is the ONLY voluntary organization designated to respond to disasters with the mission of alleviating human suffering and helping those affected rebuild their lives. American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided at no cost, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people.  read more »

Arlington Boys & Girls Club

City/Town: 
Arlington
Agency Code Number: 
359688

Arlington Boys and Girls Club, Inc. The Arlington Boys and Girls Club's mission is to inspire all young people, especially those from challenging circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens and to help build a community that cares about children and takes seriously its obligations to them.

Asian American Civic Association

City/Town: 
Boston
Agency Code Number: 
358988

Asian American Civic Association
The Asian American Civic Association provides limited-English-speaking and economically disadvantaged Asian adults and youth programs and services to develop survival, literacy, and employability capacities needed to qualify for further education, job training, and employment opportunities. These opportunities will enhance their abilities to undertake their responsibilities towards the larger community, and to realize their potentials as contributing family members, productive workers, participating citizens, and community leaders.

Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence

City/Town: 
Boston
Agency Code Number: 
102247

The Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (Task Force) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate family violence and to strengthen Asian families and communities.

Associated Early Care & Education

City/Town: 
Boston
Agency Code Number: 
359888

In its 127th year, Associated serves diverse communities of low-income working families in 9 neighborhoods of Greater Boston. Our mission: ³To lead through experience, as educators and advocates in urban early education of children from birth, in partnership with their families and communities.² We educate, nurture, feed and provide, direct or by referral, social and mental health services to 900 children, birth to school, in center and family settings.  read more »

Boston Asian: Youth Essential Service

City/Town: 
Boston
Agency Code Number: 
354588

Boston Asian: Youth Essential Service's mission is to inspire Asian youth to discover and actualize their greatest potential.

http://www.bostonasianyes.org/

Boston Center for Independent Living

City/Town: 
Boston
Agency Code Number: 
354388

The Boston Center for Independent Living is a private nonprofit organization, which is controlled and directed by persons with disabilities. We empower others and ourselves with disabilities to advocate and take control over our lives, and become active members of the communities in which we live. As a center, we work to promote the civil rights of all people with disabilities and to respond to the needs of persons with many different disabilities.

www.bostoncil.org

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