Massachusetts Financial Assistance

Greater Boston rent is among the highest in the country, and a New England winter can push heating bills past what most budgets can handle. If you're behind on rent, staring at a shutoff notice, or stretching groceries thin, you're not alone, and there's real help across the region. This guide covers the whole metro: Suffolk, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Essex counties in Massachusetts, plus Strafford County in southern New Hampshire. We focused on nonprofits with struct

The Eversource notice is on the counter, groceries cost more every week, and rent is due before payday. If that is your month in Boston, you are not alone, and neighborhood churches are a good place to start. Boston's parishes and congregations run weekly pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters, and Catholic Charities and The Salvation Army offer limited emergency help with rent, utilities, and heating fuel. Some pantries serve certain ZIP codes or ask for ID and proof of addre