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Portland Public Schools – Deering High School

Website: https://dhs.portlandschools.org/
Location: Portland,
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Description: Deering High School is the most diverse high school in the State of Maine and north of Boston. Our students speak over 50 home languages and come from over 30 countries across 5 continents.
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Portland Public Schools – East End Community School

Website: https://eastend.portlandschools.org/
Location: Portland,
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Description: School was new in 2007. It has a strong based literacy program. Supports the Expeditionary Learning method. Each wing of the school has the characteristics of a small school. Students will remain in the same wing from grades 1-5.
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Portland Public Schools – Multilingual & Mulitcultural Center

Website: https://mlc.portlandschools.org/
Location: Portland,
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Description: The Multilingual & Multicultural Center oversees language acquisition for K-12 language learners in Portland Public Schools who are learning English and those who are learning a world language such as Arabic, French, Latin, Mandarin, and Spanish. MSWO Students will learn about what is available district wide at the school level for immigrant, refugee, asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors and youth. The student will be given opportunities to conduct research and participate on Trauma Task Force as well as other local initiatives that address the various needs of unaccompanied refugee, immigrant and asylum seeking youth and their families. Opportunities for group work are also available.
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Portland Public Schools – Portland High School

Website: https://phs.portlandschools.org/
Location: Portland,
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Description: "1200+ high school students, 30% migrant, immigrant and refugee who are learning for their future - 38 different languages spoken. Practice is a brief treatment approach, very quick paced and sometimes crisis oriented. Need maturity, initiative, ability to problem solve and prioritize,broad spectrum of job tasks and responsibilities."
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Portland Public Schools – Reiche Elementary School

Website: https://reiche.portlandschools.org/
Location: Portland,
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Description: Large urban school with very culturally diverse student body. Many immigrants and refugee students who are learning English as a second language. K-5 elementary school.
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Portland Treatment

Website: https://portlandtreatment.com/
Location: Biddeford,
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Description: At Portland Treatment near Portland, Maine, we understand that every individual’s path to recovery is unique. Whether you or your loved one is struggling with alcohol dependency or a substance use disorder, our compassionate team is here to guide you toward lasting hope and healing. From day one, our goal is to provide a safe, welcoming environment where you feel empowered to take the first step toward a healthier future. With programs tailored to your needs—like our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), and referrals for detox services —we’re committed to helping you reclaim control of your life.

We understand that addiction isn’t who you are. It’s what you’re up against—physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. That’s why you will find us right there, at your side, with everything we’ve got:

Individual Therapy
Group Therapy
Family Therapy
Medication Management
Holistic Therapies
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
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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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PSL Service – Strive

Website: https://www.pslstrive.org/
Location: South Portland,
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Description: PSL Services/STRIVE provides an in-home support program for individuals with intellectual disabilities that enhances our participants’ independent living skills. PSL Services/STRIVE offers two residential supported living programs for individuals experiencing a diagnosed chronic major mental illness and who have had a significant history of associated hospitalizations. PSL Services/STRIVE’s Community Support Program offers a wide range of community-based services specifically designed to meet the needs of participants. By working from an individualized plan, each participant takes an active part in determining the services that he or she will receive.
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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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Riverview Psychiatric Center

Website: https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/riverview/
Location: Augusta,
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Description: Riverview Psychiatric Center provides state-of-the-art care to individuals in Maine with serious and persistent mental illness and co-occurring disorders. Riverview Psychiatric Center, in collaboration with the community, will be a center for best practice, treatment, education, and research for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness and co-occurring disorders.

Riverview’s clinical staff are dedicated to the humane provision of up-to-date psychiatric, medical, and dental care for our patients. The Medical Staff include psychiatrists, internists, family physicians, dentists, podiatrists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse anesthetists, all of whom are skilled in modern treatment of mental disorders and concurrent health issues. Coverage is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to ensure continuity of care and that patient needs are met acutely.
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RSU 13 – South School

Website: https://ss.rsu13.org/
Location: Rockland,
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RSU 14 Katahdin Program

Website: https://www.katahdinprogram.org/
Location: Windham,
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Description: The Katahdin Program is a public alternative school serving students grades 7-12, whose needs have not been met in a traditional academic setting. Individual counseling, group counseling, adventure-based counseling, adventure therapy IEP development and implementation, career counseling, grant writing.
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RSU 57 – Massabesic High School

Website: http://highschool.rsu57.org/
Location: Waterboro,
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Description: Interns will work with special education high school students in a self-contained classroom to help student learn vocational skills, emotion regulation skills, social skills, and community integration skills. Interns will work with a multi-disciplinary team to support student in learning these skills and successfully accessing their educational program. Interns will be expected to do individual and group counseling, organize community activities, and support the milieu of the classroom.
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Rumford Group Homes, Inc

Website: https://www.rumfordgrouphomes.org
Location: Rumford,
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Description: Rumford Group Homes Inc serves children ages 5-18 in residential and community based programs. It is the mission of Rumford Group Homes, Inc to develop and administer programs to enhance the quality of life for children, youth, and families through quality, comprehensive continuum of care in the fields of social services, education, corrections, mental health, and housing. Off-Site Supervisor. For advanced year interns, a specialized treatment facility for latency age children with sexual aggression issues.
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Saco School Department – Saco Middle School & Burns Elementary

Website: http://middle.sacoschools.org/
Location: Saco,
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Description: A student would work at Burns School (3rd-5th) and Saco Middle School. They would be involved in a variety of ways with children, adolescents, school personnel and families with the goal of improving the clients social and emotional functioning she/he can perform more successfully in school. Students receive multiple opportunities to pursue interested areas of growth and learning with plenty of access to field instructor. Activities include: community networking, consultation, therapeutic horseback riding, adventure based counseling etc.
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Saco School Department – Thornton Academy

Website: https://www.thorntonacademy.org/
Location: Saco,
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Description: Serves high school students grades 9-12 with individual and group counseling, case management, safety assessments, school-wide programs and projects, and community meetings and corrections. Student learning opportunities include: case management, advocacy, assessments, individual counseling, case documentation, family work, group work, and opportunities to work on school wide issues (e.g. protocol development for new students).
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Sacopee Valley Health Center

Website: http://svhc.org/
Location: Porter,
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Safe Voices (formally AWAP)

Website: https://safevoices.org/
Location: Auburn,
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Description: Safe Voices (formally Abused Women's Advocacy Project) works with over 2000 women and children a year. We offer placements for students interested in working with victims of domestic violence either in shelter, transitional housing, or outreach office settings School based prevention work and rural advocacy available. Staff of 23 works from a model that offers respect, non-violence, safety and quality while working to end domestic violence through services, prevention, community education and social change. Training is required of all interns and is offered two times per year. https://safevoices.org/get-involved/internships
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