SCHOOL ADMINISTERED FINANCIAL AID

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A substantial portion of the financial aid funds available to MSW students comes from the University's Office of Financial Aid in the form of loans, work-study, Graduate Opportunity Program grants and other grants-in-aid.

The School of Social Welfare itself administers only a limited number of awards. These awards include Graduate Block Grant Awards for first year students and School-based awards for second year students. These School-based awards are:

• Hutto Patterson Fellowship: $5000 to a student planning a career in school social work.
  
  
• Minority Graduate Student Fellowship: $2000 each for up to two minority graduate students.
  
  
• Riva Specht Memorial Fellowship: $7,000 for a student planning a career in the public social services, Travelers' Aid, or Hospice Services.
  
  
• Wurzel Family Fellowship: $7,000 to a student planning a career in the public social or health services.
  
  
• Fred Smith/Don Catalano Fellowship: $2,500 for a master's degree student planning a career in health services.
  
  
• Rintha Carter Fellowship: $2,500 for a social welfare graduate student.
  
  
• William E. Valentine and Jonathan Pannor Fellowship: $2,000 for a second-year health specialization student assigned a field placement at Stanford University Hospital and Medical Center.
  
  
• Minna B. Crook Fellowship: $3,000 to a master's degree student planning a career in public social services.
  
  
• Martha Chickering Fellowship: $3,000 for a master's degree student preparing for a career in the public social services.
  
  
• Charles O'Shea Memorial Scholarship: $2,500 for a student interested in clinical practice with children and adolescents.
  
  
• Mary O'Day Memorial Fellowship: $1,000 for a student interested in a career in gerontology.
  
  
• Solis Family Fellowship: $1,100 for a Raza (Latino) student preparing for a career to serve Latino people and communities in the United States.
  
  
• Jewish Communal Service Fellowship: $500 for a student planning a career in Jewish community service.
  
  
• Social Welfare Alumni Association Fellowship: $1000 for a student planning a career in the public social services.
  
  
• California IV-E Child Welfare Stipend: $18,500 annually for two years for 20 students preparing for careers in public child protection agencies. Students admitted to the Child and Families specialization are invited to apply.
  
  
• Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services Fellowship: $2,000 to two students planning careers in aging services.
  
  
• Doris Britt Fellowship: $500 to a master's student planning a career in African American communal services with a field placement in a public or faith-based agency.
  
  
• Departmental Awards: Ten to twelve awards of $2,000 to a student planning a career in the social services.

Funds available for the academic year 2001-2002 are limited. Students are encouraged to utilize all of the resources available to them in financing their graduate education.

Procedures for Awarding Financial Aid

1. All students need to submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and request a Student Aid Report be sent to the University's Office of Financial Aid (201 Sproul Hall). The School Title Code required by FAFSA is 001312
   
   
2. Second year MSW students must submit an Application for Financial Aid administered through the School of Social Welfare. Financial Aid notices are posted and applications are placed in the mail boxes of all continuing MSW students. For entering students, financial information is obtained from Form C in the Graduate Application.

Criteria for Awards

1. Evidence of interest (guidelines as established by the donor) in the area or field in which the grant or stipend is being awarded, e.g., mental health, child and family welfare, aging.
   
   
2. Degree of financial need as determined by the University's Office of Financial Aid. The OFA need factor takes precedence over the School's records of need as provided by the applicant.
   
   
3. Evidence of satisfactory academic standing.

Policy guidelines for the award of financial aid are reviewed yearly. Applications are reviewed and recommendations for selection are established under supervision of Academic Senate faculty members according to the criteria specified. Awards are made within the constraint of available resources.

Emergency Loans

Emergency loans are available to help students with cash flow problems during the academic year. All registered students can apply for a short-term interest-free loan of up to $425, which takes about one hour to process and is repayable within 60 days (220 Sproul Hall, 642-6442).

University loans (loans for higher amounts and which require a cosigner) are available at the Loans and Receivables Office (192 University Hall, 642-3190).