Waltham Resources
Healthy Waltham
Healthy Waltham’s mission is to promote healthy lifestyles and well-being for families and underserved populations in Waltham through educational and collaborative programs that engage residents in healthy cooking and gardening, physical activity and involvement in natural open space within the community.
Waltham Partnership for Youth
WPY’s mission is to identify the needs of Waltham youth and to leverage resources to address those needs. WPY holds the vision that all Waltham youth should have the opportunity to become productive citizens in the community and the workforce.
WATCH – Waltham Alliance to Create Housing
The Waltham Alliance to Create Housing: a Community Development Corporation (WATCH CDC) works towards a more just community in the Waltham area by promoting affordable housing, providing adult education and leadership development, and empowering underrepresented residents through civic engagement.
Waltham Public Schools McKinney Vento (Homeless) Office
The Waltham Public School McKinney Vento (MKV) Office assists in the provision of services to the district’s homeless student population. MKV students are eligible for school choice either in the school they were enrolled before homeless or the nearest school. The MKV liaison will assist parents/guardians with enrollment and understanding their rights under the MKV Homeless Act. For more information, please contact Faith Harvey at 781-314-5425.
AFRICANO WALTHAM
ACS is a nonprofit organization in Waltham, MA. We seek to highlight the importance of intercultural respect and celebration among communities of African and non-African descent alike. This takes the form of a diverse Cultural Arts Education Program-–cultural edutainment—that works with children and families from underserved communities (e.g., low-income, African immigrant communities) in the Waltham area.
Waltham Council of Aging
The Waltham Council on Aging promotes individual input seeking support for elder services through legislation, grant proposals and activity in policy making; to identify the needs of the community’s elderly population and available resources to meet such needs; to educate the community at large in the needs of the elderly, to design, promote and implement needed services and to coordinate with existing local services for the elderly, to be the local catalyst for the Area Agency on Aging network of services.