Service-Learning Cardinal Courses

MED 219: Housing Equity & Intro to Community-led Case Management

Autumn Quarter

About

Developed by the Stanford Housing Equity Project, MED 219 provides foundational skills in basic on-site case management, with a focus on benefits navigation, for students interested in community-based social work services. The course emphasizes the importance of centering the lived experiences of people experiencing homelessness and those experiencing material deprivation, and strategies for connecting them with essential resources. Students will gain practical experience in benefits navigation and case management through service learning activities with The United Effort Organization (UEO), a non-profit organization that provides case management services to the homeless and housing-insecure populations in Mountain View and the surrounding areas. The course aims to increase housing equity and address other forms of inequity by providing an understanding of effective community partnerships, and the causes and consequences of homelessness. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the importance of centering the lived experiences of unhoused individuals when developing solutions to address homelessness.

Contact Meg (megquint@stanford.edu) and Soneida (soneida@stanford.edu) with inquiries.