This resource page was developed in partnership with the Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts' Greater Springfield Women's Economic Security Hub project, which is focused on understanding obstacles to women’s economic security and connecting them with the needed services using 413Cares.

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• Child and Dependent Care: Home or center-based affordable, accessible, quality early education and care for youngest children and older children with special needs requiring care.

• Debt, Loan and Credit Counseling: Having and getting assets and knowing how to manage money and assets including navigating protections such as insurance, unemployment benefits.
  
  
• Food and Nutrition: Access to high-quality, affordable food (or benefits providing this) and access to free education about nutrition for women and children.
  
  
• Health: Access to equitably delivered healthcare including dental and affordable medication.

• Housing: Access to safe, affordable housing and services that will help preserve housing. Access to safe, affordable systems care for young women.
  
  
• Identification: Having legal documentation that covers such things as identity, legal status, eligibility for work, and public assistance.
  
  
• Internet: Access to reliable, high-speed internet with an adequate number of family devices and fluency to navigate digitally.
  
  
• Job Training and Further Education: Guidance, training, education, and connections to jobs, internships, and apprenticeships.
  
  
• Mental Health: Access to equitably delivered mental health services.
  
  
• New or Better Jobs: Earning a living wage or increase in wages that will not create a significant drop in public benefits (Cliff Effect). Opportunity for a flexible schedule to meet other demands and access to career advancement.

• Recovery: Recovery from addictive behaviors like substance use disorder or gambling.
  

• Safety: Safety and survival during and after trauma including domestic and/or intimate partner abuse, child abuse.
  
  
• Supportive Network: Access to and confidence in an informal community (e.g., individuals, family, groups, or institutions) for all manner of help including borrowing funds, transportation, childminding, connection, support, job networks, mentorship, or sponsorship.
  
  
• Transportation: Access to safe, convenient, affordable, and reliable transportation.
  
  
• Unpaid Caregiving: Unpaid labor and care provided in the home for family members and for the extended family outside of the home who rely on a woman/young woman for care and labor including errands, medical appointments, and minding.