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MSW Field Placement Directory

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.

Placement sites/options are:

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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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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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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