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Homes for Families 2020-2021 Public Policy Internship
Intern Responsibilities (can vary depending on level of experience and number of available hours):
- Help draft and/or edit member, advocacy and event materials
- Produce, draft, and or edit blog posts, policy briefs, fact sheets, graphs and other information for policy makers and HFF constituents
- Assist with communication efforts to raise provider and family voices
- Assist with the planning and executing of events
- Support data maintenance and updates to our tracking and communications systems
- Research on housing, homelessness and economic development
- Assist with the logistical management of the Housing Solutions Campaign, a campaign focused on advocacy in support of the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program
- Represent Homes for Families on relative coalitions
- Supporting team members in other ways as requested
Preferred skills/experience of intern:
- Experience and/or passion around issues of social justice, housing stability, and racial justice
- Personal experience with homelessness a plus
- Past experience working in an office setting
- Strong work ethic
- Good writing and editing skills
- Computer skills including Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft office suite, and social media platforms
- Organized
- Ability to take notes, share information
Stipends and Scheduling:
We do not currently have funding budgeted for a stipend, but would be willing to consider a stipend if the intern has experienced homelessness or has economic barriers.
We can be flexible with dates and scheduling, and depending on the candidate, consider full academic year, fall, spring, and summer internships placements, typically 2-3 days a week.
Contact:
Submit resume and cover letter to Nicole Stewart, CEO: nstewart@homesforfamilies.org.
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I am a Retired Army National Guard. I served in the Regular Army, Army Reserve and the Army National Guard for 24 1/2 years. I am 80% disabled by the VA standards. I been out of the Military since 1- 31-2005.i was able to work until just about a year ago, now I’m having trouble with just with doing just simple things like trying to get dress. And since my family and I moved to Texas from California. We been looking to buy a house, but keep getting told that my credit score is not good enough for a loan. Please help me and my family.
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