Resources for Families
SmallCanBeBig.org does not work directly with individual families. If you are a family in need or know a family which needs support our partner charities support hundreds of families across Massachusetts.
Our Partner Charities
Each of our partner charities have case workers and specialists on staff to work closely with families in need. We are proud to work with the following charities:
Brookview House
Brookview House has been helping Boston families break the cycle of homelessness and poverty to achieve personal and economic self-sufficiency since 1990.
Phone: 617-265-2965
http://www.brookviewhouse.org
Cambridge Family & Children's Service
Cambridge Family & Children's Service's mission is to identify and implement ways to strengthen family and individual self-sufficiency and promote conditions that provide all children and youth with stable homes and positive community environments.
Phone: 617-876-4210
http://www.helpfamilies.org
Family Reach
Family Reach provides financial relief and heartfelt support to families fighting cancer.
Phone: 617-223-1585
http://www.familyreach.org
Father Bills & MainSpring
Father Bills & MainSpring has been moving people out of shelters and into homes since 1982 using an innovative Housing First strategy to end homelessness one life at a time.
Phone: 617-376-2255
http://fatherbillsmainspring.org/
Homes for Families
Homes for Families is an advocacy group committed to ending family homelessness by forging consensus and promoting action and empowerment among those who are homeless, those who were homeless and those who are dedicated to helping the homeless.
Phone: 617-227-4188
http://www.homesforfamilies.org
HomeStart
HomeStart has been helping the homeless find homes and stay in their homes by connecting them to life-changing support like job training, education and health services since 1994.
Phone: 617.542.0338
http://www.homestartinc.org
MetroWest Outreach Connection
MetroWest Outreach Connection is an all-volunteer 501c3 organization dedicated to advocate and respond to the needs of low income people and the homeless in Metro West. We also provide financial assistance to victims of domestic violence. We collaborate with social service organizations in our area to achieve this common goal.
Phone: 508-877-3878
http://www.mwoconnection.org
Project Hope
Project Hope is a multi-service agency at the forefront of efforts in Boston to move families beyond homelessness and poverty. It provides low-income women with children with access to education, jobs, housing, and emergency services; fosters their personal transformation; and works for broader systems change.
Phone: (617) 442-1880
http://www.prohope.org
SmallCanBeBig.org
SmallCanBeBig.org is an online charitable venture founded in January 2009 that provides a new way for people to directly help families on the edge by using the Internet to harness the power of small donations.
Phone: 781-663-6532
https://www.smallcanbebig.org
St. Mary's Women and Children's Center
St. Mary’s Women and Children’s Center, where hope has been changing lives since 1874, provides the largest population of homeless and low-income women and children in Boston with the resources to rebuild stable, healthy lives in the community.
Phone: 617-436-8600
http://smwcc.org/
The Family-to-Family Project
Since 1988, The Family-to-Family Project has directly helped over 8,000 families throughout the greater Boston area.
Phone: 617.624.3837
http://www.ftfp.org
Travelers Aid Family Services
Travelers Aid Family Services has been helping those without a home and away from home since 1920. They focus on both temporary shelter and lasting approaches to keeping families in their homes, one family at a time.
Phone: 617-542-7286
http://www.tafsboston.org
Wellspring House
Wellspring House provides emergency shelter, affordable housing, education, job training and family support for some of Cape Ann’s most vulnerable families, guided by a vision of a just society and rooted in a spirit of hospitality.
Phone: 978.281.3558
http://wellspringhouse.org
Additional Resources
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership
The Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership provides rental assistance.
www.mbhp.org
Front Door Collaborative
They provide families and individuals homelessness prevention services. Their phone number is 617.425.6789
www.frontdoorcollaborative.org
ABCD
They have homelessness services but they also have small community social services offices across the city of Boston.
www.abcd.org
Yellow Pages
This is a human service/health service yellow pages with a wide variety of information.
www.yellowpages.com
City of Boston
On the human service page they list a wide range of services through the city and other non-profits - the City of Boston Emergency Shelter Commission info is on this website. Also the Mayor's 24 Hour Hotline, 617 635-4500.
www.cityofboston.gov
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