Resource Assistance

The Youth and Family Support team works collaboratively to meet the individual and collective needs of Camp Harbor View campers, teens, and families.

Please email Darliya Bennett or call 617-379-5500 for resource coordination, referrals and assistance.

Help with Rent & Housing

Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT)
Information: 1-800-224-5124 | www.mass.gov
Applications: Call your regional Housing Consumer Education Center (HCEC) location

Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
Division of Neighborhood Services
Fuel assistance, homelessness prevention, neighborhood economic development
617-727-7004 | 800-632-8175 | www.mass.gov/dhcd

City Mission Society
Gives financial assistance for rent, electricity, and telephone cut-off, food and clothes.
617-742-6830 x205 | www.citymissionboston.org

Division of Public Housing and Rental Assistance
617-727-7130 x237 | www.mass.gov/public-housing-assistance-programs

Emergency Shelter Commission
Weekday hours
Boston: 617-635-4507

Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore
Gives furniture and household goods to low income people.
Southeastern MA: 781-340-1604 | www.friendsofhomeless.org

Central Mass Housing Alliance Inc
Distribute furniture and household goods free of charge to families and individuals.
Worcester: 508-752-9276 | www.cmhaonline.org

Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Counseling for first-time homebuyers and advocacy on housing issues
617-822-9100 | www.mahahome.org

Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
Homelessness advocacy organization
617-737-3430 | www.mahomeless.org

Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance
617-367-6447 | www.mhsa.net

Legal Services

Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) Main Office
197 Friend St., Boston, MA 02114
Voice: 617-371-1234 | TDD: 617-371-1228 | Fax: 617-371-1222 | Toll-Free: 800-323-3205