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Members of the CARE Team support a community event.
A Year of CARE - How Cambridge’s Community Safety Department Is Redefining Crisis Response
Navigating difficult times can be scary, but you don’t have to do it alone. Meet another key community safety resource: the CARE team. Learn how they provide you with support and guidance when you need it most.
Street outreach van
Funding Secured for New Outreach Van to Support Unhoused Community
Opioid Settlement funds have helped enhance and expand street medicine services for the unhoused community, including purchasing a new van.
Summer food program in the park
Summer Food Program Served 80,000+ Meals to Cambridge Youth
The Cambridge Summer Food Program ensures that youth ages 18 and younger have access to free, nutritious meals while school is out of session. In 2024, the program served over 80,000 meals at parks, sports leagues, summer camps, and community events across the city. Beyond meals, the program offers recreational activities and literacy support, including weekly visits from the Cambridge Book Bike, making summer a time for both nourishment and enrichment.
Summer Food Program Staff Picture
Behind the Scenes at Free Food & Summer Fun
The Annual Summer Food Program provides free breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals to Cambridge residents ages 18 and younger. Behind a summer of free food and fun is the critical mission to address food insecurity in Cambridge. And lots of logistics.
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee staff pack up food boxes for Cambridge residents isolation or quarantine due to COVID-19.
Pandemic Inspires New Approaches to Food Insecurity in Cambridge
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that hunger is a major problem in Cambridge
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