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University of North Florida What is the Title IV-E Stipend Program? University of South Florida The purpose of the Title IV-E Stipend University of West Florida program is to educate well-qualified professional social workers to focus on the much needed area of child abuse and neglect in the state of Florida. For more information, please contact Kacey Stensrud, Program Coordinator at This program is designed to ensure Florida Schools of Social Work that, through specialized child welfare [email protected] or courses, students will be prepared to 407-823-2350 Florida Department of Children and Families be employed as a case manager or Community-Based Agencies of Florida child protective investigator, and be able to by-pass the Core portion of Preparing graduates for the required pre-service training. leadership positions in public child welfare services

March 2016 Program Benefits Program Requirements Students must meet the • Eligible students will receive a following program requirements: $6,000 stipend per year for up to two "The IV-E program • Full time upper division undergraduate years. Part time graduate students not only has or full or part time graduate student will receive $4,000 per year for up to opened my eyes to a whole new with a major in social work. three years. world of people in • need, but it also Meet the application requirements of • Students will be assigned to field gave me the tools the School of Social Work to which to do something placements specific to child welfare about it. It was an they have applied. in order to gain hands-on experience empowering • Maintain a minimum GPA in preparation for employment. experience." according to your university's ~ Julissa Reynosa guidelines. • Stipend students will have access to • Complete a background clearance, faculty mentors with extensive child application, and interview. welfare experience who are hired to • Successfully complete two Child work specifically with stipend Welfare courses and Field Placement students. with a grade of a “B” or better. • Students who receive a stipend will • Commit to work, post-graduation, for have fulfilled the Core portion of the the DCF of Florida, a Sheriff pre-service employee training course Investigation unit, or a CBC in the required by DCF. state of Florida on a year for year Program Goals basis (one year per stipend awarded). • Complete Field Placement The goal of the Title IV-E program is to requirements with DCF of Florida, and create and support a professional an approved CBC, or another child workforce in child welfare for the state of welfare agency focusing on the issue Florida. The state has made a of child abuse and neglect as commitment to improving the state of child approved by the school. welfare by increasing the number of case managers and supervisors who hold a degree in social work and to provide a career ladder for graduating students in social work.

"The internship put me in a setting where I will be employed later. It was on-the-job training." ~ Vallerie Austin