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
• Family shelters
• Individual shelters
• Domestic violence 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 Ombudsman: 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)