Generally Useful

These are people who can link you with other resources and help in a number of ways:

AIDS Action
75 Amory Street, Boston 02119
617-437-6200
Case management and needle exchange

Coming Home Directory
617-482-2520 x2139
Lists agencies which can help the formerly incarcerated.

Computer Care and Learning
1151 Mass Ave, Cambridge 02139
617-522-1049
Extremely low cost computer systems ($50). Wednesdays 3:30–7:30. Please call first.

Directory of Resources for People Homeless in Cambridge

Hoarding Assistance
Metro Housing Boston offers non-judgmental hoarding intervention, particularly for those in danger of eviction. (It’s not like the TV shows!)

Mass Rehab (Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission [MRC]) Consumer Handbook
Mass Rehab offers a wide variety of services for disabled people looking for employment or education/training programs.

Mayor’s Health Line
617-534-5050
Health insurance–they help you understand and obtain it. Workshops on MassHealth, Medicare, and the Connector.

Multiservice Center for the Homeless
19 Brookline St, Cambridge MA 02139
617-349-6340
Direct services for Cambridge homeless and near-homeless.

NAMI Compass
617-704-6264
Excellent resource locator.

Phoenix Gym
54 Newmarket Square, Boston MA 02118
857-239-8422
Sober community; free to participants.

Project Place
1145 Washington St, Boston 02118
617-542-3740
Case management, job training, housing search. Programs for post-incarceration returnees and homeless veterans.

Project TRUST
721 Mass Ave, Boston 02118
617-414-4495
Needle exchange, drop-in HIV/STD testing.

SAMHSA
1-800-662-HELP (4357)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has a wide number of publications and programs available.

Starlight Ministries
68 Northampton Street, Boston MA 02118
617-262-4567
Thursday drop-in starts at noon. Clothing, ID vouchers, $1 haircuts.