City funds will improve Salvation Army shelter, but officials plan to search for others to step in
The city is stepping in to keep a 35-bed homeless shelter open at the Salvation Army in Central Square and even improve it, but will not stop looking for funding from the state and other sources that could enable a step back, officials said Monday.
City saves Salvation Army homeless shelter, stepping in with funds to replace state grant
A homeless shelter’s final night was to be March 31 after opting out of state funding that risked removing control over who would be allowed in.
Nonprofits aim to get women noticed by hirers with free shoot for online résumé profile photos
Several women took one step closer to their next job Wednesday with professional headshots arranged by The Loop Lab, a nonprofit that seeks to empower people of color to go into the media arts, and YWCA Cambridge.
Friends of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School presents $9,296 in faculty innovation grants
Equipment for student experiments with gravity and velocity and a library of graphic novels for a comic studies elective are among the projects made possible by the year’s Friends of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Faculty Innovation Grants.
Somerville Mutual Aid celebrates an anniversary as its communities contend with greater needs
Mamas began as a response to the Covid pandemic and now includes financial support, grocery cards, gardens and community “pods” to help keep neighbors connected. But the community faces challenges that could test it, such as a SNAP benefits reduction to pre-pandemic levels.
Program intended for needy populations abroad will fill mental health services void in Cambridge
Adopting a program designed for people in psychological distress abroad who face war, poverty, violence and other serious adversity is unusual, experts say, but needed “given the state of the behavioral health crisis in Massachusetts.”
Paid legal notice: CRA Forward Fund Feasibility Study grant program is now open
The CRA will distribute $100,000 ($10,000 max per grant) for feasibility studies related to capital infrastructure projects. Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis.
MLK commemorations for 2023 start Monday with song, walk and service, with more to come
The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is honored in various ways this week, starting with a city-organized commemoration at 11 a.m. Monday.
New Arrow Street Arts takes over Oberon space, adding performance spaces to Harvard Square
A street-front Arrow Street Arts studio is expected to open in the second quarter of 2023, and an attached renovated black box theater will follow late in the year, said the new nonprofit in a press release embargoed until Wednesday.
YWCA Cambridge: A year in review
YWCA Cambridge ran events and initiatives that led it closer to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
