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Mental Health, Substance Abuse, & Victim Outreach

We strive to keep these listings up to date. If you have difficulty contacting one of the sites or need other assistance, email dpenbert@kent.edu. Please also update us when you land an internship, volunteer position, or job.

Appleseed Community Mental Health Center
2233 Rocky Ln, Ashland, OH 44805
419-281-3716
Volunteer Link:

Bellefaire JCB
22001 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44118
216-932-2800
Work and Internships: 

CAMHP Foundation
Contact/Website:

The Centers
Administrative headquarters: 4500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44103

Coming soon—The Center Glick Recovery Campus:
Paid positions and occasional undergraduate internships: 
Volunteer link: 

CHC (Addiction Treatment and Prevention)
Main office: 725 E. Market Street Akron, OH 44305
Webpage:
Job openings and undergraduate internship opportunities:

Child Guidance & Family Solutions
Akron/Central location: 18 N Forge St, Akron, OH 44304 
Additional locations in: Cuyahoga Falls, Barberton, and Green
330-762-0591
Website: 
Note: internships are currently unavailable but should be available again for Spring 2027

Coleman Health Services
5982 Rhodes Rd., Kent, OH 44240
Website:
Internship:  
Jobs:  

CommQuest 
330-455-0374 
Website:  
Internships:
Jobs: 

Cornerstone of Hope
Cleveland location: 5905 Brecksville Rd, Independence, OH 44131
Website:
Volunteering: 

Columbus location: 253 N. State Street, Suite 200 Westerville, Ohio
Website:
Volunteering:

Crime Victim Services
Allen County: ., 2nd Floor, Lima, OH 45801
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) & Prevention: Lima, OH 45801
Putnam County: Ottawa, OH 45875
Website:
Volunteering:

Family Pride of NEO
Chardon: 695 South St., Chardon, OH 44024   Phone: 440-286-1553
Ashtabula: 1110 Lake Ave., Ashtabula, OH 44004  Phone: 440-536-5680
Contact Elitra Loyd, Human Resources Coordinator eloyd@familyprideonline.org 
Website:
Internships:

Foundations for Living
1451 Lucas Rd, Mansfield, OH 44903
419-589-5511
Website:

Freedom House for Women
(services for homeless, chemically dependent women)
1101 7th Ave, Akron, OH 44306
330-785-9720
Website link: 
Volunteer link: 

Glade Run Lutheran Services
Multiple locations throughout Western PA
Main campus: 30 Glade Run Drive, Zelienople, PA 16063
Website: 
Glade Run Adventures:
Volunteer link: 

Healing Strides Counseling
135 East Erie Street Kent, Ohio 44240 Suite 304
330-903-0283
Contact Ashley Shaheen, LPCC, ashaheencounselingservices@gmail.com
Website:

Hope & Healing Survivor Resource Center
Summit County: 974 East Market St., Akron, OH 44305
Medina County: 225 E Liberty Medina, OH 44256
Contact: Megan Vermillion, Director of Survivor Services (meganv@hope-healing.org)
Website:
Internship information: 

Insight Clinical Counseling and Wellness, LLC 
Multiple locations throughout throughout Mahoning, Columbiana, and Jefferson counties in Ohio
Website:
Locations: 
Internships for Spring 2027 and beyond:

Kelly’s Grief Center
135 E. Erie St Suite 302, Kent, OH 44240
330-593-5959
Website:
Volunteer link:
Internships (see undergraduate link):

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)-Ohio Chapter
PO Box 22249
Akron, OH 44302
Phone: 614.885.6233; Email: oh.state@madd.org
Website for local chapter:
National volunteer inquiry form:
National internship contact: email Melissa.Terry@madd.org

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
National website:

NAMI Summit County: (inquire about internships)
NAMI Greater Cleveland:      
NAMI Stark County:
NAMI Lake County:    for Lake County internships contact Lexi Vince, Program Manager: lexi@namilake.org

NEO MindBody Collab
6785 Wallings Road, North Royalton, Ohio
Website:
Internships:

OhioGuidestone
Throughout Ohio—view locations here: 
Website: 
Internship information: 
Jobs:
Volunteer work: contact Derek Rader at derek.rader@ohioguidestone.org

Oriana House, Inc.
885 East Buchtel Avenue, Akron, OH 44305 with many locations in Summit and Cuyahoga County as well as in Marietta and Tiffin, Ohio
Community corrections, addiction and mental health services, re-entry services
Contact the recruitment teams at to recruitmentakron@orianahouse.org or Kayla Thomas, University Outreach Administrator (KaylaRThomas@orianahouse.org)
Website: 
Internships and job shadowing: 
Volunteering: 

Paramount Behavioral Health 
1235 East Waterloo Rd. 
Akron, OH 44206 
234-208-3404 
Website:  

Place of Peace 
705 Oakwood St. Suite 122 
Ravenna, Ohio 44266 
330-296-4522 
Website:
For volunteer and internship opportunities send resume and inquiry to Megan Ward, human resources representative with Axess Family Services (megan.ward@axessfamily.org

Portage Path Behavioral Health
340 S. Broadway St.. Akron, Ohio 44308 (main office), plus Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls
330-253-3100
Contact: Suzy Montalbano, Director of Human Resources, smontalbano@portagepath.org
Website:

Psychology Consultants, Inc
3591 Reserve Commons Dr #301, Medina, OH 44256
330-764-7916
Website:

Safer Futures
Kent, OH 44240
Website: 
For volunteer and internship opportunities send resume and inquiry to Megan Ward, human resources representative with Axess Family Services (megan.ward@axessfamily.org

Serenity Counseling Solutions, LLC
7547 Mentor Ave #310, Mentor, OH 44060
440-299-7854
Website:

Stark County Court of Common Pleas
101 West Tuscarawas St., Canton, OH 44702
Contact Kris Broadwater, Human Resources Director mkbroadwater@starkcountyohio.gov

Townhall II
155 North Water Street, Kent, OH 2242
330-678-3006
Website:
Volunteering: Website:   
Internships in prevention: see  and contact: Sarah Gehring sarahg@townhall2.com and 330-593-5045

Victim Assistance Program of Summit County
Main Office: 137 S Main St Suite 300, Akron, OH 44308
Barberton Satellite Location: Barberton Municipal Court, 576 West Park Avenue, 1st Floor Barberton, Ohio 44203
Contact Christel Durbec, Assistant Director of Services-Crisis Supervisor of Community Resources (330-376-849-5353) 
Website: 
Internship link here—new openings will be for Spring 2027: