Partners in Service

Residents at Homeward Bound achieve their goals with help from a vast array of committed and supportive individuals, organizations, and corporations.

 

We are proud to partner with the following nonprofits and local businesses in our overarching goal of ending homelessness. In addition, Homeward Bound collaborates with local universities as a placement site for interns in social work, psychology and counseling. Please read the internship flyer for information.

 

If you would like to partner with Homeward Bound of Marin or share your ideas with us, please contact Deputy Director Paul Fordham at 415-382-3363 ext. 211.

 

Nonprofit Partners

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Since 2003, Janet Goodman of Mill Valley has presented science and art to residents of New Beginnings Center who have struggled with drug or alcohol addiction. "I call my work the science of addiction and the art of recovery," says Goodman, a licensed psychotherapist who leads the Relapse Prevention and Recovery Group on Tuesday nights.

 

Her pro bono efforts, arranged through Family Service Agency of Marin, invite residents to learn scientific basics about addictions, to examine their attitudes toward them, and to explore avenues to change.

 

Along with handouts on drug and alcohol topics, she asks participants to make agreements with themselves about positive changes and then report back to the group.

"Addiction is a chronic relapsing condition and we work on avoiding the traps and triggers of relapse," she says.

 

Family Service Agency, the largest private provider of outpatient mental health services in Marin, has worked many years with Homeward Bound as well as those at risk of homelessness in the community, says Margaret Hallett, the executive director. "Janet has really been a gem," Hallett says.

 

Some of our other nonprofit partners include:

 

 

We are grateful for the support and skills they all bring to this vital work.

 

Corporate Partners

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Business leaders have become valued partners in Homeward Bound's work on behalf of the community. Through financial support, donation of needed items and advocacy on our behalf, they have proved themselves to be friends to the end...of homelessness.

 

Circle Bank and its chief executive officer, Kim Kaselionis, have played a pivotal role in bringing the Next Key Center to reality. Ms. Kaselionis led efforts to secure a $1 million contribution to this project from the Federal Home Loan Bank, San Francisco, as well as purchasing shares in Homeward Bound's nonprofit IPO, an "Immediate Public Opportunity...to end homelessness" by supporting completion of the Next Key Center. The bank has been a leader in educating the local business community about the center's innovative housing and job-training activities at our Fresh Starts Culinary Academy, purchasing a monthly order of cookie dough made by our culinary students for baking on-site at its branches. The bank recently honored retired Homeward Bound Deputy Director Bob Puett with a gift in his name to purchase chef's coats for students. In addition, bank employees have contributed a significant number of volunteer hours to Homeward Bound programs.

 

Our corporate partners also include: