{"id":2944,"date":"2023-07-06T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T17:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/?page_id=2944"},"modified":"2025-08-20T09:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:33:18","slug":"basic-needs-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/basic-needs-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Needs Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Please reach out to the FSAO office if the resource you are looking for is not listed here. FSAO will do its best to locate available resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU Resources<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Loans While Employed at BU <\/span>https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/finances\/supplemental-retirement-savings-plan\/taking-loans-from-your-accounts\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Community Support for Families with Children under 5 years<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

Community based playgroups for families with children under 5 <\/span>Boston Family Engagement Network<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MA Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Networks: <\/span>search by town<\/span><\/a> to see resources available.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Emergency Housing Assistance<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

The RAFT program (Rental Assistance for Families in Transition<\/a>) provides emergency rental funds<\/span> for eligible Massachusetts families. <\/span>\u00a0See their website for eligibility guidelines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>ABCD Boston<\/a> has housing search specialists to assist with locating rentals. Contact the neighborhood center closest to you to ask about this and other resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

E<\/span>mergency shelter access information is found at the Mass.gov<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Food<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Search for Food Pantries near you at Greater Boston Food Bank<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Project Bread <\/span>https:\/\/www.projectbread.org\/get-help<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 or call 1-800-645-8333<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sign up for <\/span>WIC<\/span><\/a> if you are pregnant and\/or your child is under 5 years\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SNAP benefits at <\/span>https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/snap-benefits-formerly-food-stamps<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Community Led Mutual Aid Food Pantry\/Fridges<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Utility Support<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Utility assistance:<\/span> https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/help-paying-your-utility-bill<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Home Heating Help:<\/span> https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/how-to\/apply-for-home-heating-and-energy-assistance<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

National Grid Discount information:<\/span> https:\/\/www.nationalgridus.com\/MA-Home\/Rates\/Service-Rates<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Eversource Discount information:<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>https:\/\/www.eversource.com\/content\/ema-c\/residential\/account-billing\/payment-assistance\/discount-rate<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Please reach out to the FSAO office if the resource you are looking for is not listed here. FSAO will do its best to locate available resources.\u00a0 BU Resources\u00a0 Loans While Employed at BU https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/finances\/supplemental-retirement-savings-plan\/taking-loans-from-your-accounts\/\u00a0 Community Support for Families with Children under 5 years\u00a0 Community based playgroups for families with children under 5 Boston Family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16338,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4181,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2944\/revisions\/4181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/fsao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}