365DAD’s mission is to connect, equip and transform men with positive parenting practices to build better families through education, support, and services.
Services: Group & Meeting Facilitation, Program Training, Outing Coordination, Professional Development, Consultations and Service Referrals.
Service hours:Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Languages: English, SpanishABCD is a nonprofit human services organization that each year impacts 100,000 residents with the tools and resources needed to transition from poverty to stability and from stability to succes
Services: Adult Education Classes (GED preparation, English for Speakers of Other Languages), Employment and Job Training, Health Services, Food Pantries, Fuel Assistance, Housing Assistance, Early Education and Care, Youth Services, Citizenship Assistance, and Elder Services.
Some ABCD neighborhood sites offer assistance with the Earned Income Tax Credit, tax preparation, and financial literacy. Call for further information about each program.
Service hours:
The Downtown office is open Monday through Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Other Locations:Allston-Brighton Neighborhood Opportunity Center (NOC)
640 Washington Street, Suite 203
Brighton
617-903-3640
Asian American Civic Association
87 Tyler St. 5th Floor,
Chinatown, Boston
617-426-9492
Dorchester Neighborhood Service Center
110 Claybourne St.
Dorchester
617-288-2700
East Boston Area Planning Action Council (APAC)
21 Meridian St.
East Boston
617-567-8857
Roxbury/N. Dorchester NOC
565 Warren Street
Roxbury
617-442-5900
JFK Family Service Center
23A Moulton St.
Charlestown
617-241-8866
Mattapan Family Service Center
535 River St.
Mattapan
617-298-2045
Mystic Valley Opportunity Center
11 Dartmouth St
Suite 104
Malden
781-321-2501
North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center
1 Michelangelo St.
Boston
617-523-8125
Parker Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Service Center
714 Parker St.
Roxbury
617-445-6000
South Boston APAC
424 W. Broadway St.
South Boston
617-269-5160
South End Neighborhood Service Center
554 Columbus Ave. Boston
617-267-7400
All services are available to residents of Boston, Malden, Medford, and Everett. Fuel assistance, Head Start, and some workforce development/job training and senior programs are available in additional suburbs. Suburban residents from towns other than those listed above should call for eligibility.
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Creole, Somali, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese. Ask about specific languages at program or neighborhood office when calling. Transportation Google MapsThe Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) Adult Education Programming builds invaluable skills for life and work. BCYF offers a flexible and supportive approach focused on their students. Programs take place at BCYF community centers in Boston. Each year, thousands of adults take part in BCYF education programs, including: Taking the HiSET or GED high school equivalency exams to expand career prospects, and taking English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) classes
Services:
Central Office: Monday through Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm. Community Center schedules vary.
Transportation Google MapsThe Asian-American Civic Association provides non-English speaking individuals and those who are economically disadvantaged with education, occupational training, and social services enabling them to realize lasting economic self-sufficiency.
AACA provides a range of services, including English classes, social services, job training, college preparation and a post-graduate retention program.
Services: Bayara Buddy Guards, Employment Center, Youth Center, Immigration Services, Benefits Help, Housing Counseling, Tax Preparation, ESOL, Career Advancement for Professionals (CAP), Workplace Education, Smoking Cessation, and Child Care & Early Education.
Training Programs: Asian Business Training and Mentorship Program, Banking & Finance, Building Maintenance, Alternative Fuels and Emissions Program, Youth Enterprise Program.
Service hours:Monday through Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Languages: English, Chinese Transportation Google MapsThe Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL) assists people with disabilities in living as full a life as possible.
Services: Adult Skills Training (including areas such as employment, housing, social/recreation, education, and financial issues), Information and Referrals (affordable and accessible housing, health insurance, CORI, civil rights for disabled persons, transportation, home modifications, equipment, and other related services), Peer Mentoring, Individual Advocacy, Personal Care Assistance Program (for people with a disability who need physical care assistance and have MassHealth Standard coverage), and Youth Services Program (for individuals ages 14 to 22 that includes peer mentoring, skills training, information and referral, and advocacy).
Service hours:Monday through Friday: 8:45am to 5:00pm
Other Locations:Dorchester Office: 1526 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02122
Any individual/family member who self identifies with a disability.
Appointments are recommended but walk-ins are not turned away and are assisted based on staff availability.
Languages: English, French, Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole, ASL, Luganda, Swahili, Runyankore, Other languages accommodated through language line Transportation Google MapsBRIE’S Way is a training center where System Impacted Youth (SIY) and Survivors of Incarceration (SOI), can access workshops in Digital Literacy, Entrepreneurship, and Justice 4 Housing’s innovative Hands On Defense (HOD) Model Workshops.
Services: Digital Literacy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program, Hands On Defense Training
Service hours:Open from 10:00am to 7:00pm.
Languages: EnglishEstablished in 1871, Cambridge Center for Adult Education is a non-profit organization located in the heart of Harvard Square. They provide exceptional hands-on multidisciplinary educational classes, from art and cooking to theater and life & wellness, to languages and literature. They welcome students from all walks of life to develop their professional skill set, take up a new hobby, or simply to have fun and make new friends in a community of life-long learners.
Services: Virtual Arts & Crafts, Food & Wine, ESL, World Languages, Performing Arts, Humanities, Life & Wellness, Business & Technology.
Service hours:Monday through Thursday: 9:00am to 8:00pm
Friday: 9:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9:00am to 4:00am
Must be 18 or older.
Transportation Google MapsThe Cambridge Community Learning Center (CLC) provides free programs to adult learners. We help our students through education, skills development, and community participation. We have more than 15 types of services, including English classes and job training programs. We can also help you prepare for your high school equivalency test, get ready for college, and become a U.S. citizen. More than 400 people study with us each semester.
Services:
You must have a GED, HISET or a high school diploma. (Foreign high school diplomas must be translated into English)
Cambridge residents have priority
Transportation Google MapsThe Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC) is an anti-poverty agency fighting to empower people and mobilize resources to fight poverty’s causes and impacts.
Services:
Monday through Thursday: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Friday: 9:00am to 1:00pm
The Cambridge Public Library offers an array of innovative services that reach beyond research and circulation.
Services:
Service hours:
Monday through Thursday: 9:00am to 9:00pm
Friday & Saturday: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday: 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Book drop open 24/7
Boudreau Branch: 245 Concord Ave. 02138 (Temporarily closed) (617-349-4017)
Central Square Branch: 45 Pearl St. (617-349-4010)
Collins Branch: 64 Aberdeen Ave. 02138 (617-349-4021)
O’Neill Branch: 70 Rindge Ave. 02140 (617-349-4023)
O’Connell Branch: 48 Sixth St. 02141 (617-349-4019)
Valente Branch: 826 Cambridge St. 02141 (617-349-4015)
Transportation Google MapsThe Catholic Charities of Boston operates a number of community service centers in eastern Massachusetts. Each center provides a wide variety of support services including basic needs, emergency assistance, education and training programs, transitional housing for families, childcare, and family counseling, and support.
Services: Basic Needs, Child Care, Children & Youth, Counseling, Community Interpreter Services, Education, Elder Services, Family Support, Nurse Assistant Training, Post Adoption & Search, Refugee Services, Shelter Services, Sunset Point Camp, Teen Center at St. Peter’s.
Other Locations:Catholic Charities Program Locations
Catholic Charities Labouré Center
275 West Broadway, South Boston
617-464-8500
Also home to Refugee and Immigration Services & Community Interpreter Services
Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services
275 West Broadway, South Boston
617-464-8100
Catholic Charities North
117 North Common Street, Lynn
781-593-2312
Catholic Charities South
169 Court Street, Brockton
508-587-0815
Catholic Charities Yawkey Center
185 Columbia Road, Dorchester
617-506-6600
Merrimack Valley Catholic Charities
70 Lawrence Street, Lowell
978-452-1421
Catholic Charities Child Care Locations
Yawkey Child Care Center
185 Columbia Road, Dorchester
617-506-6600
Nazareth Child Care Center
19 St. Joseph Street, Jamaica Plain
617-522-4040
Lynn Child Care Center
37 North Federal Street, Lynn
781-598-5547 ext. 230
Malden Early Education and Learning Program
77 Salem Street, Malden
781-397-6055
Peabody Child Care Center
13 Pulaski Street, Peabody
978-532-6860
Labouré Child Care Center
275 West Broadway, South Boston
617-464-8500
Home Based Family Child Care
6 Pleasant Street, Suite 220
Malden, MA
781-605-3330
The Charlestown Adult Education, Workforce, & Reentry program is run by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA). The primary mission of this program is to equitize and advance opportunities through their seamless pipeline of services to ensure that all clients succeed.
Services:
Monday through Friday: 9:30am to 4:30pm
Waiting time: Usually wait list for ESOL classes; Enrollment in GED within 2-3 months. Languages: Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian Transportation Google MapsDOVE is a multi-service organization providing comprehensive direct services and support for victims of dating and domestic violence, as well as their children. DOVE’s services include crisis intervention, danger assessment and safety planning, supportive counseling, emergency shelter, legal advocacy and representation, and community outreach, education, and training.
Services: 24-Hour Crisis Hotline, Emergency Shelter, Community Based Advocacy & Counseling, Legal Advocacy Program, Prevention & Education, Support Groups, Civilian Domestic Violence Advocacy, Children’s Services, LGBTQ Services, Chinese Advocacy Program
Service hours:Office Hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Crisis hotline: 24/7
Dorchester Bay runs a number of economic development programs, including a Reentry Program for returning citizens and the Workforce Development Program. These programs are available to Boston residents, offering individualized pre-and-post job counseling and placement, and skill-building opportunities.
Dorchester Bay’s Reentry Program is available to citizens returning to the community after incarceration. The program supports a successful return to the workplace through job placement and other support services. Referrals are made on a case-by-case basis.
Service hours:Call to schedule an appointment. Walk-ins accepted Tuesday through Thursday.
Transportation Google MapsGoodwill Boston Career Center connects jobseekers and employers through a wide range of customized services – all available at no cost. Whether you’re starting your career, changing fields, or reentering the workforce, Goodwill offers:
Services:
Service hours:Office Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday: 9:00am to 2:30pm
Haley House uses food with purpose and the power of community to break down barriers between people, empower individuals, and strengthen neighborhoods.
Services:
Soup Kitchen Hours:
Breakfast Meal Service, Monday through Friday 6:15am to 9:30am
Afternoon Meal Service, Friday 2:25pm to 5:30pm
Sunday Meal, 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Food Pantry Hours: Open Thursdays 7:00am to 10:00am
Clothing Room Hours: Tuesday 6:15am to 9:30am
Transportation Google MapsHouse of Hope is dedicated to assisting homeless families in Massachusetts. They provide services to families referred to them by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). If you are a family or individual experiencing homelessness or are at imminent risk of homelessness, you can contact DHCD directly to gain access to resources and referrals.
Services: Learn2Work Program – Understanding the need to empower homeless parents with essential employment skills, a positive employment experience, and an increased sense of self-worth to serve as the foundation for long-term employment stability, House of Hope developed the Learn2Work Program, which provides a supportive work environment that ignites the desire within each intern to successfully support their family and make a difference in their community. The Learn2Work Program also provides “soft-skills training” (such as communication and interpersonal skills) and job-placement support to every intern. Interns gain job-skills in a supportive work environment (either retail or culinary) that empowers them to implement personal career plans and work through employment issues that are the basis for any employment success. The goal of the Learn2Work Program is to provide a supportive work environment that ignites the desire within each intern to successfully support their family and make a difference in their community.
InnerCity Weightlifting (ICW) offers their students the opportunity to learn a valuable skillset, personal training, and meet other people from opposite socio-economic backgrounds, to build an invaluable network, all while making a stable living.
ICW also offers a case management program where they provide students with job readiness training through resume workshops, mock interviews, housing assistance, and more.
Service hours:Monday through Thursday: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Friday: 9:00am- 2:00pm
Savin Hill
Kendall Square
Dorchester
Requirements & Restrictions:Prioritize individuals who have been referred by courts, jails/prisons, and organizations but willing to help any individual who has been a victim/perpetrator of gun violence.
The Jamaica Plain Community Centers Adult Learning Program (JPCCALP) is the ideal way to develop skills in English, math, reading, and writing, and make progress towards goals. They offer free day, evening, and online classes convenient for busy adults. ALP is a full-service program where students can begin at any level and advance through the highest levels. Life-long learners gain the basic skills they need to receive their GED, enter job training programs, and apply for higher education and employment opportunities.
Services: Computer Classes | Career & College Counseling | Tutoring | Citizenship Classes | GED/HiSET Preparation | English Classes
Office is open Monday through Thursday, 10:00am to 7:00pm.
Transportation Google MapsJeremiah Program (JP) serves single moms and their children experiencing poverty in Boston, Massachusetts. Their mission is to disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their families, two generations at a time. JP believes that no mother should have to choose between investing in herself or her children.
Services:
JP Boston serves local single mothers with children ages 0-8 years, who have an active commitment to pursuing a college degree or diploma and a dedication to living a positive and prosperous life.
The Kennedy Center is a multi-service nonprofit organization that provides community services, education programs, anti-poverty support, and eldercare services to residents in Charlestown and the greater Boston community.
Services:
Early Education Site: 23 A Moulton Street, Charlestown
Languages: English, Spanish, ChineseJust A Start Corporation‘s mission is to promote equity by creating access to stable housing and building pathways to economic opportunity. Just A Start provides affordable housing, education and job training, and comprehensive support services across Cambridge and beyond.
Services:
YouthBuild
1175 Cambridge St. Cambridge
617-242-1460
Please bring your Social Security card, birth certificate, and proof of address.
Transportation Google MapsJustice Resource Institute (JRI) works in partnership with individuals, families, communities and government to pursue the social justice inherent in opening doors to opportunity and independence.
Services: Mental Health & Counseling Services | Crisis & Intensive Treatment | Developing Abilities | Therapeutic Schools & Educations Services | Health, Housing, & Residential Support| Community Based Youth & Family Support | Juvenile Justice Services | Developing Abilities | Workforce Development & Career Readiness
Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts trains volunteers who provide free, confidential and individualized tutoring to adults in basic literacy and English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). With improved literacy skills and the confidence that comes with it, adults are able to pursue a better life and a better future for themselves, their families and their communities.
Service hours:Office hours are Monday through Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm. Please call for an appointment. Flexible scheduling offered.
Requirements & Restrictions:Serving individuals over 16 and not currently enrolled in a public school. Primary service population is adults who read below the 6th grade level.
Transportation Google MapsMJE aims to end neighborhood violence by empowering mothers and youth to challenge the normalization of violence and become effective catalysts for change in their homes, schools, and communities. They engage mothers, youth, and families by providing targeted support, educational opportunities, and the opportunity to advocate for peace as a community.
Hyde Park Office
1017 River St, Hyde Park, MA 02136
New Beginnings Reentry Services is an education and healing center for formerly incarcerated individuals. Their programs facilitate healing through creative expression including art therapy, music therapy, applied theater, and storytelling workshops.
Services: Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Theater, Yoga, Sound Healing, Restorative Justice, Cooking Classes, Computer Education, AA meetings, Workforce Development, Group Therapy, Financial Literacy
Service hours:Monday through Thursday: 11:00am to 4:00pm
Languages: English and SpanishNew England Culinary Arts Training (NECAT) aims to empower adults facing barriers to employment through training in culinary skills, social-emotional development and career-readiness for success and long-term financial stability.
Services: NECAT’s 14-week training program emphasizes culinary skills, life skills and career readiness equally, so that students graduate with culinary competencies, self-confidence and employment savvy. The training curriculum is taught in the following locations:
East Boston YMCA Training Center
54 Ashley Street, East Boston, MA
(617) 418-7331
Behind the Walls Training
Suffolk County House of Correction, 20
Bradston Street, Boston, MA
All interested students are required to attend an info session. Info sessions are held every Tuesday at 9:30AM at 23 Bradston Street, 2R.
Transportation Google MapsNorth End/West End Neighborhood Service Center provides a variety of supports for Boston residents in need. Seniors enjoy a number of programs including a drop-in senior center, health, exercise, and wellness classes, social activities, discounted taxi vouchers, and a supermarket shuttle. The center provides hot meals on Mondays and Fridays, as well as snacks 3 times a week, primarily for seniors, people who are disabled, or people who are homeless. Additionally, they offer a range of educational presentations; job readiness programs; assistance with your search for affordable housing; assistance with your health insurance application (Medicare Part B); translation and interpretation services in Italian, Mandarin, and Turkish, and notary services. During the holidays, they can provide holiday meals, gifts, and participation in their Adopt-a-Family program.
Services: Utility Bill Advocacy, Food Stamps/SNAP, SummerWorks, Food Pantries, Fuel Assistance, Weatherization
Service hours:NorthEnd Center Office is open Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Other Locations:Food Access Center – West End: 75 Blossom Court, Boston, MA (Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:00am to 4:00pm)
Requirements & Restrictions:Serves low-income residents in the Boston area. Bring I.D. and proof of income for your first visit.
Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Turkish Transportation Google MapsNuestra Comunidad is devoted to building wealth and enhancing the physical, economic, and social well-being of Roxbury and other underserved populations in greater Boston through a community-driven process that promotes self-sufficiency and neighborhood revitalization.
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On The Rise aims to create a safe and supportive community that fosters self-determination and well-being for women, transgender, and gender diverse individuals experiencing or recovering from homeless. Safe Haven, their day shelter, provides survival needs including private showers, breakfast and lunch, safe spaces, clothing, computers and more.
Services: Safe Haven Day Shelter, Keep the Keys Program (Support individuals through housing stabilization and retention)
Service hours:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Tuesday: 12:00pm-3:30pm
Thursday: 9:30am-3:30pm
On the Rise is a low-threshold space – a wet program allowing people to come under the influence. No drugs or alcohol are allowed on the property to keep the space violence free and safe for everyone.
Languages: English, Spanish, Haitian Creole Transportation Google MapsOn With Living & Learning (OWLL) is a grassroots collective of BIPOC, White, and Differently Abled Artists who commit their art for racial and social justice. They bring together underrepresented voices from Boston’s urban communities in leadership workshops that culminate in theatre productions celebrating their cultural heritage and social experiences. Their collective works with community partners to ensure a focus on the social justice issues most relevant to the participants and serves as a basis for deep community listening, transformation, and the development of a new narrative for the participant’s and their community’s future.
The Massachusetts Parole Board operates regional reentry centers across the state. These centers help previously incarcerated individuals make the transition from prison to the community. These centers are open to released individuals with no post-release supervision. Upon release, staff may be able to bring individuals to the reentry center closest to their release address. This program is also available to formerly incarcerated individuals at any time after they are released.
Services: Food assistance, Get a state I.D. card, Renew a driver’s license, Open a bank account, Find work, Find counseling
Other Locations:
Regions 1 and 2
60 Clayton Street, 1st Floor, Dorchester, MA 02122
(617) 376-6260
Region 3
20 Central Avenue, 6th Floor, Lynn, MA 01901
(978) 750-1900
Region 4
10 Mechanic Street, 2nd Floor, Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 875-0621
Region 5
436 Dwight Street, Springfield, MA 01103
(413) 784-1210
Region 6
33 East Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852
(978) 446-8927
Region 7
231 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Brockton 02301
(508) 587-0987
Region 8
421 Faunce Corner Road (temporary), 1st Floor, Darthmouth, MA 02747
(508) 713-8947
Region 9
188 Concord Street, 2nd Floor, Framingham 01702
(508) 875-0621
Prison Book Program is a nonprofit organization that sends packages of free, hand-selected books to incarcerated readers in all 50 states. Incarcerated individuals can request books by sending a letter, and family or friends can also use an online book request form.
Services: Book Donations, Volunteering
Service hours:Book Drop off and Volunteer Hours
Tuesdays: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Wednesdays: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Thursdays: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Saturdays: 1:00pm - 4:00 pm
Project Hope is a multi-service agency at the forefront of efforts in Boston to move families up and out of poverty. They provide women with children, who are experiencing poverty, with access to education, jobs, housing, and emergency services; foster their personal transformation; and advocate for broader systems change.
Services: Housing Services, ESOL Program, Adult Basic Education Program, Family Childcare, Ambassadors’ Bureau
Languages: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cape Verdean Creole Transportation Google Maps
Rian Immigrant Center provides a comprehensive, multi-service approach to supporting immigrant and refugee families from more than 120 different countries. Advocate for fair immigration legislation and just policies, and facilitate an intercultural program which promotes inclusion, diversity, and unity.
Services: Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative, Course Information, Immigration Legal Services, Resource and Support Services, Learning Exchange Program, Advancing Racial Equity & Building Community, Advocacy, Community Engagement
Service hours:Monday through Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Languages: Albanian, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Haitian Creole, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, SpanishRoca’s mission is to be a relentless force in disrupting incarceration, poverty, and racism by engaging the young adults, police, and systems at the center of urban violence in relationships to address trauma, find hope and drive change.
Services:
Boston
60 Newmarket Square
Boston, MA 02118
617-442-3101
boston@rocainc.com
Lynn
330 Lynnway, Suite 110
Lynn, MA 01901
lynn@rocainc.com
Springfield
29 School Street
Springfield, MA 01105
413-846-4301
springfield@rocainc.com
Holyoke
346 Race Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
413-437-7714
holyoke@rocainc.com
Please call for an appointment at 617 541-6859
Waiting time: Referrals are responded to within a 24 hour period Languages: English, Spanish, French, Cape Verdean, Haitian Creole Transportation Google MapsRoxbury Youthworks provide services and supports to youth caught in cycles of poverty, victimization and violence. Work with clients to help them build a new life on their path to safety, rebuilding, and realizing their full potential. They service cisgender females, cisgender males, trans and gender diverse youth who are at-risk or have been impacted by human trafficking.
Services: GIFT Program, BUILD Program, Jackson Square Lead Agency, Community Service Network
Languages: RYI's staff is multi-cultural and multi-lingual reflecting the culture and language of the youth and families they serve.SCALE provides adults, 16 and older, with reading, writing, and math classes, with the goal of supporting individuals in a supportive, diverse, and welcoming learning community. SCALE’s fully accessible facilities include a computer lab and an on-site HiSET Exam Center.
Services: Adult Basic Education Classes, Spanish High School Equivalency Classes, English Language Learning (ELL) Classes, Adult Diploma Program & HiSET
Service hours:Office Hours
Monday through Thursday: 8:00am-8:00pm
Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm
St. Mary’s Center offers a wide variety of programs for women and children. St. Mary’s serves as a safety net for vulnerable families and children–providing a haven and home as well as life-changing programs and services.
Programs
The Home for Little Wanderers helps build stable lives and hopeful futures for children who are abused, neglected or at-risk. The Home for Little Wanderers ensures their emotional, social, educational and physical well-being from birth to age 26 through a dedicated team of professionals and a wide range of critical services.
Services: Foster Care & Adoption, Behavioral Health & Clinical Services, Residential Care, Special Education Schools, Young Adult Programs
Uncornered seeks out core influencers of violence at the heart of communities and offers them a different path. Leveraging a data-based model, Uncornered provides educational resources, mental health support, spiritual support and ultimately, work to transform their futures – and communities.
The Uncornered model analyzes and drives impact on a community level, street by street and corner by corner. Investing in the potential of the city’s most disruptive and neglected residents creates opportunity and hope for all. Uncornered partners with organizations across the anti-violence ecosystem, from prevention and enforcement to education, training, mental health, and crisis response.
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean, Creole Transportation Google MapsUnited South End Settlements is a non-profit that provides children with quality education and enrichment opportunities. They also work with parents and caregivers to develop their capacity to reach goals around education, career, finances, family and community connections.
Services: Camp Hale, Early Childhood Education (ECE), club48: Afterschool & Out-of-school Time, STEP
Service hours:Monday through Friday: 8:00am to 6:00pm
Transportation Google MapsWhether you are looking to grow in your current career or try something new, Urban College of Boston has a program for you. They offer affordable and flexible learning options in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Haitian Creole, so you can personalize your college experience to fit your needs and schedule.
Programs
Service hours:Monday - Friday: 9am - 7pm
Requirements & Restrictions:No international admissions. High School diploma required for an associate degree. High School diploma recommended for certificate program
Transportation Google MapsThe X-CEL Education aims to make high school completion, post-secondary study, and sustainable career paths more accessible to underserved communities in Greater Boston. They provide flexible, customized instruction and career readiness development at no cost in convenient community locations.
Services:
Requirements & Restrictions:
Must be at least 18 years old.
Must call and schedule an appointment to apply.
Waiting time: Rolling Admissions Languages: English Transportation Google MapsYOU Boston is a workforce development organization that works with young people, ages 14-24, who are court-involved or have at-risk backgrounds, to succeed in the workforce, in the community, and in their lives. They provide comprehensive support including case management, education support, subsidized employment and job placement.
Services:
YouthBuild Boston aims to empower and assist underserved young people from the Boston area with the essential social, vocational, academic, and life skills necessary to navigate a positive pathway to self-sufficiency and neighborhood responsibility.
Services:
As the first YWCA in the nation, YW Boston helps individuals and organizations change policies, practices, attitudes, and behaviors with the goal of creating more inclusive environments where women, people of color, and especially women of color can succeed.
Services: The F.Y.R.E. Initiative is YW Boston’s leadership and empowerment program for middle school girls in the Greater Boston area. The program’s curriculum incorporates social justice education, positive identity development, and civic engagement. Each weekly session is designed to promote dialogue and experiential learning to cultivate empathy and increase social-emotional learning.