Youth and Families
The Department engages with youth, families and the community in identifying problems and working collaboratively on resolutions.
AFCOST Receives Grant to Pilot Program for OST Educators
The Cambridge Agenda for Children Out-of-School-Time (AFCOST) has been selected by the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) to receive a $100,000 grant to fund a new registered apprenticeship program that will train a cohort of 25 out-of-school time (OST) staff.
Training and Education Resource Fair
Your next career opportunity starts here! Attend the Office of Workforce Development's Training & Education Resource Fair to meet local providers and explore career training, certificate programs, and pathways to growing industries
Training and Education Resource Fair
Your next career opportunity starts here! Attend the Office of Workforce Development's Training & Education Resource Fair to meet local providers and explore career training, certificate programs, and pathways to growing industries.
Interactive Equity and Inclusion Dashboard
Our goal is to have a diverse and competent workforce. We actively work to achieve equal opportunity and we undertake extraordinary efforts to recruit from protected classes who historically have been excluded from the workforce--whether from institutional patterns of discrimination, disadvantage, or exclusion.
Apply to the Cambridge Preschool Program through January 15!
The Cambridge Preschool Program (CPP) will provide free preschool to Cambridge 4-year-olds and some 3-year-olds beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. CPP offers families a streamlined, single application process where they can apply to a variety of high-quality, Cambridge-based preschool programs.
Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools Public Art
A beloved apple tree will sprout new life through the process of tree grafting and mature pin oaks will be transformed into interactive sculptures as part of a public art project from the firm IKD that is planned for the City of Cambridge’s Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools complex.
Cookbook Club and Community Potluck (Central Square)
Join Central Square's cookbook club! This month, we're cooking from Everyone Hot Pot and More than Cake both by Natasha Pickowicz. Bring a dish to share or just come to talk about your experience with this cookbook.
Copies are available for pickup at the Branch.
For questions, email Ruby (rvail@cambridgema.gov)
Summer Reading: Take and Make Sticker Art (Collins)
Stop by to pick up an activity before the weekend. Choose a "Paint by Sticker" design to take home. Match the numbered stickers to the numbered spaces and watch your artwork come alive.
Recommended for children ages 6-12, while supplies last.