Comprehensive Health and Human Services
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Axess Family Services
705 Oakwood St #221, Ravenna, OH 44266
Locations throughout NE Ohio and beyond
is a ground-breaking, comprehensive health and human services agency serving communities across Northeast Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania and Michigan. Locations near Kent campuses include but are not limited to: Ravenna, Kent, Akron, Canton, Warren, Youngstown, Chagrin Falls, Lorain and beyond.
Axess serves as an umbrella for over 70 well-established organizations and is celebrated for providing integrated community-based medical and dental services with broad-based social services. Programs include but are not limited to:
- behavioral health (counseling, psychiatry, addiction and other specialized services
- primary healthcare and dentistry
- programs for children, youth, and young adults (supervised visitation programs, behavioral health, foster care, and programs for at risk young adults)
- services for seniors
- disability services
- community centers
- homeless shelters & housing
- domestic violence shelters
- rape crisis services
- veterans services including transitional housing
KSU Psychology students have participated in internships, volunteer work, and paid jobs for many of those organizations. You will find those specific organizations under the appropriate issue area tabs.
However, by looking at Axess Family Services websites, you will find a host of organizations that might fit your interests. See:
Volunteer and Internship Opportunities with AXESS
The following site lists some of the volunteer opportunities within AXESS, though many sites may have room for students without being listed. Note that you may ask the site if you may turn a volunteer position into an internship position for credit:
Job Opportunities with AXESS
Finally, opportunities for paid work (along with all listed volunteer positions) are here:
CONTACT INFORMATION
After reading about the programs and opportunities within Axess, if you would like some assistance finding a volunteer or internship opportunity that matches you interest, you may contact:
Axess Family Services, Human Resources
Megan Ward, HR Specialist
330-297-7027 extension 304 or megan.ward@axessfamily.org
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The Centers
Administrative headquarters: 4500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44103
Internships and paid positions:
Volunteer link:
The Centers is a historic, comprehensive health and human services non-profit organization in Greater Cleveland that was created through the merger of five separate agencies and operates across multiple locations in Cuyahoga County, delivering several core services:
- Integrated Health & Wellness: Includes primary care, dental, behavioral health, and addiction treatment. In 2026, the Glick Recovery Campus will be opened to provide mental health and substance use crises services as well as outpatient behavioral health, primary care, and pharmaceutical services.
- Head Start Early Learning & Family Support: Provides early childhood education and family assistance programs for children from birth to age five
- Workforce Services: Offers job training, placement, and retention assistance to help local community members secure sustainable employment.
- Youth Residential Services (Hope Campus): Provides trauma-informed care particularly for multi-system youth navigating behavioral health, developmental disability, juvenile justice, and child welfare systems.
Students who are interested in paid positions while working on their bachelor’s degree or shortly after graduation can seek meaningful work with the Centers, including case management positions (Behavioral Health Specialist I or II):
While internship opportunities are sometimes available for undergraduate psychology students, this will depend on the time of year and the student’s interest. See the jobs listing page to find these opportunities and make sure that the internship is for undergraduate and not those completing a graduate degree:
Finally, when opportunities for volunteer work arise, they will be listed on the Volunteer page:
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Wingspan Care Group
22001 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44118
Locations throughout Northeast Ohio
216.320.6800
Webpage:
Job openings:
Contact: Austin Peterson, Director of Talent Acquisition (petersona@wingspancg.org)
Wingspan Care Group is a non-profit administrative umbrella organization that encompasses several affiliate organizations that provide integrated physical and mental health care including primary care, dental care, substance abuse services and services for specialty populations including individuals who are homeless and those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Their full array of services meets the needs of even the most vulnerable individuals. See this page for links to each of Wingspan’s affiliates: )
Bellefaire JCB: One of the nation's largest child service agencies, specializing in behavioral health, substance abuse treatment, and education.
Applewood Centers: An agency offering mental health, social work, and foster care services, which evolved from the merger of three prominent 19th-century Cleveland child-serving agencies.
Monarch Center for Autism: Offers educational and therapeutic services for individuals on the autism spectrum
Lifeworks: Provides day programs and residential support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Bluestone Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital: Offers specialized psychological, psychiatric, and counseling services for both children and adults
Wingspan affiliates hire for a number of positions suitable for undergraduate or recent graduates of psychology majors including Treatment Specialist, Autism Treatment Specialist, Therapeutic Behavior Specialist, Qualified Mental Health Specialist, Case Management Entity worker, etc. Inquire with Wingspan as to whether any of these positions could also serve as an internship site.