Housing and Security

Employment

• Cape Cod Young Professionals
• Cape Cod Collaborative

Financial Assistance

• Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands, Inc.
• Human Development and Capability Association
• Falmouth Service Center
• Lower Cape Outreach Council

Housing and Homelessness

• National Low Income Housing Coalition
  Our goals are to preserve existing federally assisted homes and housing resources, expand the supply of low income housing, and establish housing stability as the primary purpose of federal low income housing policy.
• HUD – Homeless Assistance
• Cape and Islands Regional Network on Homelessness
  This is a county-wide entity. It meets quarterly. Its work is directed by a two-year regional plan (2012-14) with goals related to access to safe, stable, accessible and affordable housing; improving health through engagement and stabilization; improving economic security; specific outreach and services for the chronically homeless, veterans, families, youth, and seniors.
• MA Joint Committee on Housing
• Coalition on Human Needs
• MassAccessHousing Registry
• National Coalition for the Homeless
  The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission. Includes a list of references.
• CHAPA (Citizen’s Housing and Planning Association)
  Affordable housing and community development activities. Programs to connect people with affordable rental and homeownership opportunities.
• Homeless Not Hopeless
  Educating and advocating for the needs of the Homeless Community.
• MA Homeless Shelter Directory
• Harwich Ecumenical Council for the Homeless (HECH)
• Homeless Prevention Council
  Addresses need for case management services in the towns of Lower and Outer Cape.
• Housing Assistance Corp/HAC
  Housing Assistance Corporation was founded in 1974 as a pilot project to test the use of rental vouchers to help secure housing for year-round workers on Cape Cod. Since that time, their programs have expanded to assist more than 175,000 low- and middle income households on Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
• Community Development Partnership
  The Community Development Partnership supports an array of programs that strengthen our Lower Cape community, providing greater opportunities for all who live here to thrive.
• Habitat for Humanity
  Teaching occupational and life skills that will lead to independent living.
• Lower Cape Outreach Council
  Training them to deal with medical, psychological, spiritual and addiction issues.
• MA Department of Transitional Assistance
  Helping those who are capable to find employment or volunteer their time.
• Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands, Inc.
  Facilitating goal-setting and acquisition of financial assistance for residents.
• Barnstable Housing Authority
  Providing shelter including kitchen facilities where they learn to live cooperatively with others.
• Bourne Housing Authority
  Educating and advocating for the needs of the Homeless Community.
• Brewster Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Chatham Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Dennis Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Falmouth Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Harwich Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Harwich Ecumenical Council for Housing
  Since its creation, HECH has grown into a professionally managed, multi-service organization, while still maintaining its grassroots commitment to low and moderate income families. HECH has developed affordable housing providing both rental and homeownership opportunities to stabilize Cape communities. Today, HECH self-manages a portfolio of 50 rental units. It also administers rental assistance programs funded by local municipalities; oversees town funded housing rehabilitation programs for emergency home repairs for qualifying residents; manages the Libby Arnold Stevens Resident Stabilization Fund providing emergency assistance to residents of Barnstable County; and continues to actively help families’ access affordability resources and assistance from a variety of sources.
• Mashpee Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Member Housing Assistance
  Housing services for the Mashpee Wampanoag Nation.
• Provincetown Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Sandwich Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Wellfleet Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Yarmouth Housing Authority
  Town housing authority offering a number of services.
• Your Rights as a Tenant
• Mass Housing
  Home ownership and renter payment assistance, educational programs on housing stability fair housing, older adults in community and youth in housing.
• Mass Housing: Tools for Addressing Tenancy Issues
• MCO Housing Services
  Affordable housing ownership and rental assistance. Includes list of guidelines for homebuyers and renters, down payment assistance, etc.
• SHI (subsidized housing inventory)
  Used to measure a community’s stock of low-or moderate-income housing for the purposes of M.G.L. Chapter 40B, the Comprehensive Permit Law.
• MAHA: Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
  Breaking down barriers for first-time and first-gen homebuyers and closing the racial wealth gap!
• Mass Emergency Housing Assistance Programs
  Find information about who can assist you in this time of need and give you guidance on shelter services.s.gov/emergency-housing-assistance-programs.
• Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance
  Directory of member agencies and partners to pilot and scale innovative programs that have already helped thousands of people move into permanent housing.
• Community Development Partnership
  Housing is a top priority for us. If we want to build a healthy economy, we know that first we need safe, affordable, year-round places for people to live.
• Community Development Partnership
  Housing is a top priority for us. If we want to build a healthy economy, we know that first we need safe, affordable, year-round places for people to live.

Hunger and Food Security

• The Cape Hunger Network
  A coalition of organizations, including Cape food pantries and state and local agencies that help coordinate food security programs.
• Cape Kid Meals
  The purpose of Cape Kid Meals (CKM) is to raise awareness of Cape Cod families challenged with food security, and to provide food for the school-aged children of these families on weekends when access to school breakfast/lunch programs are not available.
• Cape Cod Healthcare community benefits program
• J1 Students
• J1 Students

Slavery & Trafficking

• Cape Cod PATH