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INSPIRE Community Recovery Center

Website: https://www.inspirecenter.me/
Location: Ellsworth,
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Description: INSPIRE Community Recovery Center , a community-based initiative hosted by Healthy Acadia. We are a safe, supportive, and inclusive space for individuals navigating mental health challenges and substance use recovery. Whether you're just beginning your journey or continuing to build a strong foundation, you're not alone—our center is here to walk alongside you every step of the way.

At our center, peer support is at the heart of everything we do. Our trained Recovery Coaches and Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialists (CIPSS) bring lived experience, compassion, and hope to each conversation and connection. We believe healing happens in community—and we’re here to help you build yours.

We offer: Peer-led support meetings for mental health and recovery; community events that foster connection, creativity, and joy; one-on-one navigation support to help you access the resources you need; and peer support grounded in respect, trust, and empowerment
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Intercultural Community Center

Website: https://www.iccmaine.org/power-school
Location: Westbrook,
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Description: BSW or Generalist Year Practicum - School year (32 week, Traditional Practicum) beginning in Fall

Power School Program Opportunities: Provide general emotional support specifically to individuals with adverse childhood experiences (Grades 5-8). Social work student role would be to facilitate social and emotional skill building groups, provide general emotional support to individuals, provide milieu support, and work with interdisciplinary staff to offer support to students and community.

Intercultural Community Center's Adult Program Opportunities: Develop and share relevant community resources that meet the direct needs of adult New Mainers (education, health, and social resources) and coordinate with our TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certified Teacher to coordinate needs-based educational workshops to adult students

Hours available are:
Monday 1:30 - 5 pm
Tuesday 1:30 - 5 pm
Wednesday 12:30 - 5 pm
Thursday 1:30 - 5 pm
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Ironwood

Website: https://www.ironwoodmaine.com/
Location: Morrill,
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Description: Ironwood is a Therapeutic Boarding School for Struggling Teens.
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Island Institute for Trauma Recovery

Website: http://iitrme.com/
Location: Biddeford,
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Description: A group individual practice setting which serves people with complex trauma through a model developed by them utilizing trauma sensitive practice, mind body awareness, relational connection. Specialize in sexual abuse treatment services. Learning opportunities include: group work with offenders; adult male, adolescent group work with non-offending parents/partners; individual work with children-adults; family work/attention to secondary trauma and self care skills.
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Jameson School

Website: https://jameson.rsu23.org/
Location: Old Orchard Beach,
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Description: We serve approximately 200 students from Pre K to Second Grade. During the 2017-2018 school year, we will have 2 Pre K classrooms, 3 Kindergarten classrooms, 4 First Grade classrooms and 3 Second Grade classrooms.
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Kennebec Behavioral Health

Website: https://www.kbhmaine.org/
Location: Skowhegan,
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Description: "A large community mental health center with outpatient, child, family and community support services. Students have usually been placed in Outpatient Services) primarily serves MEDICAID and Medicare clients. Students see clients who are uninsured and unable to pay full fee. The agency employs staff who are MSW's, LCPC's and PhD's with a wide range of approaches. School based OP services."
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Kennebec Behavioral Health

Website: http://www.kbhmaine.org/
Location: Waterville,
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Description: A large community mental health center with outpatient, child, family and community support services. Students have usually been placed in Outpatient Services) primarily serves MEDICAID and Medicare clients. Students see clients who are uninsured and unable to pay full fee.
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Kennebec Behavioral Health – ACCESS Program

Website: https://kbhmaine.org/
Location: Winthrop,
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Description: A large community mental health center with outpatient, child, family and community support services. Students have usually been placed in Outpatient Services) primarily serves MEDICAID and Medicare clients. Students see clients who are uninsured and unable to pay full fee. The agency employs staff who are MSW's, LCPC's and PhD's with a wide range of approaches. School based OP services.
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KidsPeace

Website: https://www.kidspeace.org/
Location: South Portland,
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Description: KidsPeace is a private charity dedicated to serving the behavioral and mental health needs of children, families and communities. Founded in 1882, KidsPeace provides a unique psychiatric hospital; a comprehensive range of residential treatment programs; accredited educational services; and a variety of foster care and community-based treatment programs to help people in need overcome challenges and transform their lives. The experts at KidsPeace provide emotional and physical health care and educational services in an atmosphere of teamwork, compassion and creativity.
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KidsPeace Manchester

Website: https://www.kidspeace.org/maine/
Location: Manchester,
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Description: Community services provided in-home treatment for children with mental health needs and their families. The team consists of the family, a LCSW or LCPC and direct line staff for our family based program, and specialized foster parents in our treatment floater care program.
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Learning Works

Website: https://www.learningworks.me/
Location: Portland,
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Description: LearningWorks is committed to strengthening the communities we serve by providing free community-based education programs for children, adults, and families throughout Southern Maine. Our primary goal is to support academic and personal success for our neighbors who lack resources and/or fall outside traditional educational structures. Opportunities include case management with incarcerated youth in a community setting, or with at-risk, high school drop-outs working to obtain a GED and learning leadership, life skills and job skills. Opportunities for research, program development and grant writing available. Work with refugees and immigrants in the Riverton community.
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