This is not an exhaustive list of field agencies that SSA has relationships for the academic year.

For more infomration, please contact Nancy Chertok at 773.702.1178.

Sample Clinical Field Education Sites

Sample Social Administration Field Education Sites


Sample Clinical Field Education Sites

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center—Department of Psychiatry Inpatient Unit

Aging Care Connections

Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital

Alternatives, Inc.

Alzheimer’s Family Care Center

American Cancer Society—Chicago

Barr-Harris Children’s Grief Center

Center for Community Arts Partnerships Columbia College Chicago—School Based

Center on Halsted-Second Year Clinical

Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center

Chicago Christian Industrial League—EEP

Chicago House

Chicago Public Schools Office of Special Education and Supports

Chicago Women’s Health Center

Children’s Memorial Hospital—Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Children’s Research Triangle—Clinical Therapy Program

Columbia College Chicago—Student Counseling Services

Community Consolidated School District 21

Community Counseling Centers of Chicago—Outpatient

Community Counseling Centers of Chicago—Recovery Point

Community Health—Counseling Program

Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office

Counseling Center of Lakeview 21st Century Seniors Program (Older Adults Program)

Department of Psychiatry—UIC Medical Center—Women’s Mental Health Program

Dominican University

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital

Evanston Township High School

Family Focus Englewood—Chicago Safe Start

Federation for Community Schools

Gallistel Language Academy

Gary Comer College Prep Noble Street S. Campus (Charter High School)

Guild for the Blind

Heartland Alliance: Chicago Connections

Heartland Health Outreach—Mental Health and Addiction Services

Heartland Human Care Services—Refugee and Immigrant Community Services

Heartland Human Care Services-Violence Recovery Services

Hinsdale Family Medicine Residency Program

Howard Brown Health Center

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club

Infant Welfare Society of Evanston

Institute for Juvenile Research

Jesse Brown V.A. Hospital—Addiction Treatment Program

Jewish Child & Family Services (JCFS)

John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County-Department of Trauma

Juvenile Protective Association

Kenwood Academy Brotherhood

Kingsley Elementary School-District 58

KIPP Ascend Charter School

La Rabida Children’s Hospital & Research Center

Lawrence Hall Youth Services

Live Oak, Inc.

Lorene Repogle Counseling Center

Mercy Home for Boys and Girls

Metropolitan Family Services—Evanston, Family Support and Prevention Program

Metropolitan Family Services—South Chicago Center (Community Schools)

Muchin College Prep

New Trier High School

Niles North High School

Niles West High School

Noble Street College Prep

Northwestern Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center

Northwestern Memorial Hospital—Department of Case Management (Clinical)

Northwestern Memorial Hospital—Stone Institute of Psychiatry Outpatient

Oak Park Public Schools—Irving School

Outpatient Senior Health Center of U of Chicago (aka Windermere Health Center)

PCC Community Wellness Center—Behavioral Health

Perspectives Charter School IIT/Math and Science Academy

Perspectives Middle Academy

Pillars (also known as Fillmore Center for Human Services)

Rape Victim Advocates

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago—Inpatient

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago—Inpatient Services

Response Center—Clinical Social Work

Resurrection Behavioral Health at St. Mary & Elizabeth Medical Center

River Forest Public Schools—District 90

Riveredge Hospital

Rush University Medical Center—Older Adults Program—Bowman Center

Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care

Skokie School District 73 1/2

Smart Love Family Services—Clinical Services

South Central Community Services, Inc.—CAYIT

Stroger Hospital of Cook County—Fantus Clinic

Thresholds Rowan Trees

Thresholds-Young Adult Program

Turning Point Behavioral Health Center

U of C Hospitals—Child Psychiatry

U of C Hospitals—Department of Social Work

U of C Hospitals—Hematology/Oncology

Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network—Clinical and Counseling Services

Uhlich Children’s Advantage Network—LGBTQ Host Home Program

University of Chicago Charter School—High School Campus (Community Schools)

University of Chicago Charter Schools—North Kenwood Oakland Campus (Community Schools)

University of Illinois Chicago Family Clinic, Institute on Disability & Human Development

Veterans Resource Center

Westlake Hospital—Medical

Willow House

Woodlawn Children’s Promise Community—2nd Year


Sample Social Administration Field Education Sites

826CHI

Access Community Health Network—(Administration)

Access Community Health Network-SWAN Doula and Health Start Program

Access Community Health-Behavioral Health Services

AIDS Foundation of Chicago

American Medical Association—Aging and Community Health

American Red Cross of Greater Chicago

ARISE Chicago—Worker Center

Asian Human Services—Social Administration

Center for Economic Progress—Local Programs

Changing Worlds

Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago

Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation

Chicago Area Project

Chicago Area Project—Department of Community Development Operations

Chicago Center for Violence Prevention at Chapin Hall-Social Admin

Chicago Child Care Society (Administration)

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

Chicago Commons

Chicago Department of Family & Support Services—Office of Policy and Advocacy

Chicago Fair Trade

Chicago Foundation for Women

Chicago Jobs Council

Chicago Justice Project

Chicago Lights - Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy

Chicago Public Schools—Lake Calumet Elementary and Far South Side High School

Community Organizing and Family Issues (COFI)

Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Daniel and Karen May Foundation

Developing Communities Project, Inc.

Erie Neighborhood House—2nd year social administration

Erie Neighborhood House—Development and Communications Department

Family & Children’s Center

Family Shelter Service-SOCIAL ADMIN

Feeding America, formerly America’s Second Harvest

Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc. (The)

Gary Comer Youth Center

Guiding Our Talented Youth Ahead (Christ Way MB Church)

Illinois Action for Children—Research Department

Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission

Immigrant Child Advocacy Center at the University of Chicago Law School

International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA)

Latino Policy Forum (formerly Latinos United)

Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA)

Mandel Legal Aid Clinic

Marjorie Kovler Center for Survivors of Torture

National Association of Social Workers

NeighborSpace

NorthShore University Health Systems—Practice-Based Research Network

Ounce of Prevention Fund (The)

Polk Bros. Foundation

Prevent Child Abuse America

Thirty Million Words Project—University of Chicago

U of C Hospitals—Department of Medicine

United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

University of Chicago Crime Lab

University of Chicago—Collegiate Scholars Program

University of Chicago—Global Health Initiative

University of Chicago—Harris School of Public Policy Studies

US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, Chicago Regional Office

Year UP Chicago

Youth Network Council


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