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The philosophy of The Healing Place is to spend our time and resources on the one thing we do extremely well: providing a homeless shelter with a recovery program that works. Because of this philosophy, we have historically partnered with a long list of both governmental and private organizations. A number of these partners are listed below.
Wake County Governmental Organizations The Healing Place and Wake County (primarily Wake County Human Services) work closely on a variety of activities
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South Wilmington Street Shelter: The Healing Place conducts client pickups at the South Wilmington Street Shelter as well as utilizing the classroom facilities at the shelter
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Alcoholism Treatment Center: client referrals
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Crisis and Assessment Services: client referrals
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Cornerstone: client referrals
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Department of Public Health: coordinate information on vaccinations and clinic operations
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Communicable Disease Clinics: coordinate to provide for HIV, STD and TB testing, follow up, client information & referral.
- Wake County Emergency Medical Services: client referral
Medical and Health Care Organizations
WakeMed Hospital: The Healing Place often represents an alternative to the utilization of hospital EMS service and there is extensive collaboration among the two staffs to identify the proper medical services required in any situation
WakeMed Faculty Physicians: specialty clinics
Dorothea Dix Hospital: client referral and classroom facilities
Wake County Medical Society: client referral and volunteers for on-site clinic
Person Street Pharmacy: pharmacy services
Rex Hospital: client referral and volunteers, lab services
Open Door Clinic: client referral, pharmacy services
Duke Raleigh Hospital: client referral and volunteers
Horizon Health Center: client referral
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center: client referral
Teen Clinic of Wake County: continued health care services, OBGYN, preventive care medical services
Wake County Project Access: specialty doctors, x-rays, surgeries, MRI and CT Scan services
Lens Crafters Crabtree Mall: free vision screening and glasses
CVS Pharmacy-Fayetteville Street: referral from Raleigh Rescue Mission
Law Enforcement and Judicial Organizations
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Wake County Sheriff’s Department: client detox drop off
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Raleigh Police Department: client detox drop off
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Garner Police Department: client detox drop off
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Cary Police Department: client detox drop off
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Wake County Re-Entry and Pre-Trial Release: restitution & community Service
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Crises Intervention Training: Assist in training policemen to recognize symptoms of mental illness and accurately assess best course of action
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Department of Parole and Probation: client community service
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Wake County Community Service Program: community service referral
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Wake County Bar Association: client referrals
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Wake County District Attorney’s Office: client education and referral
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PALS (Lawyer’s Assistance) program: client assistance
Education
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Wake Technical Community College: client education partnership/GED
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North Carolina State University Bachelor of Social Work Program
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UNC School of Social Work: research partnership in substance abuse, internships, yearly tour of MSW graduate students
Housing
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Habitat for Humanity: participated in Community Awareness Fair
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Passage Home (nonprofit affordable housing developer): in 2008, The Healing Place in partnership with Passage Home built and opened Job’s Journey, an apartment complex for those graduating from the Healing Place
Other Collaborating Organizations
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Raleigh Rescue Mission: assessments, immunizations and case management
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The Food Bank of North Carolina: food for clients
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The Interfaith Food Shuttle: food for clients
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Division of Services for the Blind of North Carolina: client referral
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Interact: domestic violence issues
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HopeLine, Inc.: training and client referral
- Triangle Family Services
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