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Thank you to all of our clients, staff, donors, and the entire Waltham community for making the last year as great as it was. We would not have been able to touch as many lives as we did without the ongoing support. Read this years newsletter here: WATCH CDC 2023 Newsletter Gracias a todos nuestros…

Index Como Solicitar MassHealth MassHealth provides health benefits and help paying for them to qualifying children, families, seniors, and people with disabilities living in Massachusetts. They may offer benefits directly or help pay for all or part of your health insurance premiums. If you are a member, you may have access to doctor visits, dental,…

Alvard arrived in Waltham when she migrated to the United States about 5 years ago from Armenia. Once settled, she went to the Waltham Public Library in search of ESL classes and found out about WATCH. She soon enrolled in WATCH’s ESL classes, amongst others. In WATCH’s ESL classes she was able to meet a…

Cesar llegó a Waltham desde Guatemala en 1988 con su hijo de dos años y su hija de un año en busca de una vida mejor para su familia. Cuando llegó por primera vez a los Estados Unidos, tuvo que superar varios obstáculos, como comunicarse en un nuevo idioma y encontrar trabajo. Perseveró y ahora…

We’re excited to offer you the chance to bolster WATCH’s Tenant Assistance Fund.  A generous donor has offered to match your new donation to the Fund.  The donor will match all new donations to the Tenant Assistance Fund made before September 12, 2023—up to $5,000. The Tenant Assistance Fund helps Waltham tenants in so many…

We have various hybrid internships available for the fall/winter semesters. Community Organizing Intern Nonprofit Operations Intern Communications Intern Remote Data Management Intern Adult Education – ESOL Teaching Intern Adult Education –  ESOL Lesson Planning Intern Job Clinic Intern Housing Clinic Intern Read more about each internship here: WATCH Internship Offerings Fall/Winter About our internships: All…

In 2019, Giselle, her husband, and her son, moved to Waltham from their hometown in Florida. During the pandemic in 2020, Giselle was in search of rental assistance programs and came across WATCH CDC. Giselle and her family decided to move back to Florida in 2022 but she could not forget about her experience with…

Stop by and say hello to Nafisa, our new Volunteer & Internship Coordinator! Nafisa joined WATCH in June 2023 as the new Volunteer and Internship Coordinator, taking over our previous Volunteer and Internship Coordinator, Liz’s, role. Nafisa is a dedicated social justice advocate with an MBA in Social Impact and an MS in Global Health from Brandeis University.…

Thank you to Cambridge Savings Bank for capturing Murshid’s experience with WATCH!

This month we wanted to highlight Jessica, a Massachusetts native who has been interning with WATCH since 2022. Jessica is a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts, where she is studying Human Services. She heard of WATCH’s internship program through her school’s career day fair. Her love of working with the community drove her…