Partnerships

Organized enough to collaborate responsibly.

SMSC is designed to work with clinicians, shelters, schools, clinics, and community organizations in ways that are structured, safe, and responsive to partner needs.

How We Approach Partnership

Student Roles Should Support Care, Not Complicate It.

We welcome collaboration with clinical partners, community organizations, educational institutions, and mentorship-focused groups. SMSC aims to define roles clearly, adapt to partner capacity, and keep continuity, trust, and safety at the center.

Defined Roles Student participation should be clear, supervised, and within scope.
Adaptable Structure Programs should respond to partner needs rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all model.
Continuity and Trust We aim for long-term relationships, not one-off appearances.

Partnership Categories

Where Collaboration Can Happen.

Clinical Partners

Physicians, nurses, clinics, and street medicine teams helping shape training, supervision, and care-aligned student roles.

Community Organizations

Shelters, outreach groups, and local organizations that inform what support is actually useful and sustainable.

Educational Partners

Schools, training programs, and faculty collaborators helping develop future health professionals grounded in service and ethics.

Mentorship and Pipeline Partners

High schools and community-based programs that expand access to health profession pathways for younger students.

Partner Network

How SMSC Is Partnering Across Schools and Local Organizations.

Main Clinical Partner

Health Care for the Homeless

SMSC is partnering with Health Care for the Homeless, a New Orleans Health Department program, to help ground student involvement in a care model built specifically around people experiencing homelessness. This partnership reflects the coalition’s commitment to learning from programs already rooted in outreach, continuity, dignity, and community-based care.

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High Schools and Pipeline Partners

Student Mentorship and Early Healthcare Pathways

Benjamin Franklin High School

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Benjamin Franklin High School to strengthen student mentorship, public service exposure, and long-term pathways into health professions.

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Brother Martin High School

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Brother Martin High School to support service-learning, leadership formation, and pipeline-building in health and public service.

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Jesuit High School

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Jesuit High School to deepen student formation around service, mentorship, and sustained community engagement.

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Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies

Metairie, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Haynes Academy to expand mentorship, health professions exposure, and community-centered student leadership development.

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KIPP New Orleans Schools

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with KIPP New Orleans Schools to build service-learning opportunities, youth leadership development, and future healthcare exposure.

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Lake Forest Charter School

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Lake Forest Charter School to create meaningful pathways into service, mentorship, and healthcare interest development.

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Lycee Francais International de la Louisiane

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Lycee Francais to support public service learning, student mentorship, and long-term pipeline-building into healthcare.

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Mount Carmel Academy

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Mount Carmel Academy to support mentorship, student formation, and pipeline-building through values-centered service.

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St. Mary’s Dominican High School

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with St. Mary’s Dominican High School to expand mentorship, service engagement, and healthcare pipeline opportunities for students.

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Chalmette High School

Chalmette, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Chalmette High School to support community mentorship, service-learning, and future access to health professions.

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Biloxi High School

Biloxi, Mississippi

SMSC is partnering with Biloxi High School to extend mentorship, pipeline-building, and student leadership development along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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Gulfport High School

Gulfport, Mississippi

SMSC is partnering with Gulfport High School to expand mentorship, service-learning, and student exposure to healthcare careers along the Gulf Coast.

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Newman School

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Newman School to support service-oriented leadership, student mentorship, and health-professions pipeline development.

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Slidell High School

Slidell, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Slidell High School to grow healthcare mentorship, community service engagement, and pipeline-building on the Northshore.

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Colleges and Universities

Undergraduate, Graduate, and Pre-Health Collaboration

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Delgado Community College to expand access to healthcare pathways, community service engagement, and student development across New Orleans.

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University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with the University of New Orleans to build student leadership, healthcare exposure, and stronger local pathways into service and medicine.

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Southern University at New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Southern University at New Orleans to strengthen student leadership, healthcare access pathways, and community-rooted professional development.

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Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Xavier University of Louisiana to build pathways into medicine, service, research, and community-centered health leadership.

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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Gulfport, Mississippi

SMSC is partnering with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to expand pre-health pathways, regional service collaboration, and student development across the Gulf Coast.

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Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Loyola University New Orleans to expand service-learning, ethical formation, and student development in healthcare and public service.

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Community Health Centers, Clinical Partners, and Community Organizations

Care-Centered Partnerships that Shape Outreach, Training, and Continuity

Health Care for the Homeless

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Health Care for the Homeless to strengthen outreach-informed student education, continuity-focused care support, and ethically grounded learning around homelessness and health.

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CrescentCare

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with CrescentCare to support whole-person care efforts through education, outreach collaboration, and ethically grounded student engagement.

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St. Thomas Community Health Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with St. Thomas Community Health Center to strengthen community-based care, outreach coordination, and student engagement that aligns with real clinical capacity.

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NOELA Community Health Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with NOELA Community Health Center to support neighborhood-centered care, health equity, and stronger pathways for students to learn from community-rooted clinical work.

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Ochsner Health

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with Ochsner Health to strengthen mentorship, clinical advising, and broader community health collaboration.

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DePaul Community Health Centers

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with DePaul Community Health Centers to strengthen community-based care collaboration, patient support, and ethically grounded student learning.

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Coastal Family Health Center

Biloxi, Mississippi

SMSC is partnering with Coastal Family Health Center in Biloxi to support neighborhood-based care, health equity, and stronger clinical-community learning opportunities on the Gulf Coast.

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UNITY of Greater New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

SMSC is partnering with UNITY of Greater New Orleans to support continuity, trust, and coordinated care for people experiencing homelessness.

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Collaboration Options

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