NOTE: EMPath’s shelter programs do not accept direct referrals. Families seeking emergency shelter must apply through the state (see first link below).

• Emergency Family Shelter: 866-584-0653
• MA Executive Office of Housing & Livable Communities : 617-573-1100
• Individual shelters
• Full shelter directory from MA Coalition for the Homeless
• City Life/Vida Urbana Housing Hotline/Línea Directa: 617-934-5006 (English) / 617-397-3773 (español)
• Metro Housing Boston (rental assistance, housing vouchers, eviction prevention, & more)
• City of Boston Services for the Homeless
• Boston Office of Housing Stability
• Utility Assistance

• Project Bread’s FoodSource Hotline: 1-800-645-8333
• SNAP Resources (food stamps)
• Free School Meals

• Benefits for families, caregivers, and pregnant individuals (TAFDC)
• Benefits for the elderly, disabled, and caregivers (EAEDC)
• Mutual Aid Hub directory by state

• MA Department of Unemployment Assistance: 877-626-6800

• SafeLink hotline: 1-877-785-2020
• Boston Area Rape Crisis Center: 800-841-8371
• Boston Medical Center’s Domestic Violence Program: 617-414-5457
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788
• Jane Doe resources

• Boston Public Library - English for Speakers of Other Languages
• Rosie’s Place Legal Helpline: 617-318-0271
• Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)

• MA Child Care Help
• Early education and care financial assistance for families
• MA Department of Early Education and Care

• MBTA Reduced Fares
• MA Transportation Help

• Health Care For All HelpLine: 800-272-4232
• Apply for MassHealth (state health insurance): 800-841-2900
• Samaritans national suicide Helpline: 877-870-5673 (call or text)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357
• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
• The Trevor Project (for LGBQIA+ youth): text START to 678-678 or call 1-866-488-7386

Therapy:

• Inclusive Therapists
• Latinx Therapists Action Network
• National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
• Open Path Psychotherapy Collective
• Therapy for Black Girls

• Greater Boston Legal Services
• MA Legal Resource Finder
• DTA Ombuds Office: 617-348-5354 (for complaints and concerns)
• MLRI Advocacy Guides: handbooks and tactical training manuals on laws, programs, and policies affecting low-income individuals and families in MA (SNAP, TAFDC, homeless shelters, unemployment insurance, etc.)
• Ombudsman’s Student Loan Assistance Unit
• Student loan assistance from NCLC

• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
• The Trevor Project (for LGBQIA+ youth): text START to 678-678 or call 1-866-488-7386
• National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
• Resources from Trans Lifeline (trans verified, trans led, and BIPOC led or centered resources)