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MSW Field Placements Homelessness/Housing

Preble Street (Multiple Sites)

Website: https://www.preblestreet.org/
Location: Portland,
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Description: The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty and to advocate for solutions to those problems. From a nutritious meal to crisis intervention, from clean clothes to health care, from showers to a permanent home, Preble Street programs not only meet urgent needs but also create solutions to homelessness and hunger.

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Housing Services and Shelters: Elena's Way Wellness Shelter, Logan Place, Florence House, Huston Commons, Veterans Housing Services, and Rapid Re-Housing

Teen Services: Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter, Teen Center, Teen Housing, and Outreach

Advocacy Programs: Homeless Voices for Justice and Maine Hunger Initiative

Anti-Trafficking Services

MMC-Preble Street Learning Collaborative

Emergency Food Programs: Food Security Hub, Food Pantry, Soup Kitchens)

Street Outreach Collaborative

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Quality Housing Coalition

Website: https://www.qualityhousingcoalition.org/
Location: Portland,
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Description: Maine is full of active and vibrant small town communities, brimming with restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops, breweries, art, music, inland and coastal green spaces, beaches, and trails for all to enjoy. As Maine grows in population and economic productivity in the coming years, our communities are working hard to make space for new job opportunities within our innovative and resilient economy. The biggest obstacle to this growth, however, is the lack of housing.
According to a recent 2023 Maine Housing Authority report, Maine is currently in need of 84,000+ new units of housing today to meet the current and future needs of employees to live and work close to their jobs. With 41% of our 154,000 renters unable to afford the rent, 20,000+ households on the waiting list for Section 8 vouchers, a statewide homeless population exceeding 4,000 people, and evictions rising to 6,000 per year, this is an urgent challenge that requires immediate attention.

Quality Housing Coalition was created in direct response to this challenge and is dedicated to opening new pathways to stabilize and access the housing people need to live, work, and raise their children. QHC centers its work around inclusive cross-sector community partnerships by working with municipalities, housing authorities, state and local leaders, housing and homeless advocates, nonprofit and for profit housing developers, tenants, landlords, property managers, and community members to create housing forward policies that provide quality housing for those in need in Maine.

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RHD Boston -Outside the Lines Studio

Website: https://www.rhd.org/
Location: Medford,
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Description: RHD’s mission is to provide caring, effective, and innovative services that empower people of all abilities as they work to achieve the highest level of independence possible and build better lives for themselves, their families and their communities.
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RurAL CAP

Website: https://ruralcap.com/
Location: Anchorage,
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Description: The Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP), founded in 1965, is a private, statewide, nonprofit organization working to improve the quality of life for low-income Alaskans.
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Safe Harbor

Location: Richmond,
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Description: Safe Harbor is a resource center for persons who have or are now presently experiencing domestic violence.
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Safe Nest

Website: https://safenest.org/
Location: Las Vegas,
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Description: Established in 1977, SafeNest is Nevada’s largest, most comprehensive nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic violence by focusing on five core confidential, trauma-informed services: emergency shelter, 24/7 crisis hotline, counseling, advocacy and prevention education.
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Safe Nest

Website: https://safenest.org/
Location: Las Vegas,
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Description: SafeNest has been at the forefront of ending domestic and sexual violence in Southern Nevada for 44 years. What sets us apart is the commitment to treating the entire continuum of violence from prevention to protection to empowerment. We not only provide a discreet, safe shelter for victims of abuse, but SafeNest is also the only nonprofit in the Valley to provide resources for batterers to address the cycle of abuse at the root.
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San Diego Youth Services

Website: https://sdyouthservices.org/
Location: Spring Harbor,
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Description: Students work closely with the Quality Management Coordinator, Clinical Supervisors, and Associate Executive Director (AED). At times, students may also work with the Program Managers from various programs, Volunteer Services, and the Marketing and Development Department. The Quality Management (QM) Department provides quality oversight to all SDYS programs and services. The QM team ensures the quality of these services through clinical supervision of staff and interns, writing and revising policies and procedures, conducting program and documentation reviews, and developing new, comprehensive training opportunities within SDYS.
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