Stipend Programs

The Adult Protective Services MSW Training Program (APS MSW Training Program) is funded by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and managed in partnership with San Jose State University (SJSU) as part of statewide workforce development initiative identified as a priority in California’s Master Plan for Aging. Its central goals are to better prepare new MSWs to provide effective, evidence-based professional social work services in county and Tribal Adult Protective Services units and to increase the numbers and enhance the retention of MSWs working in county and Tribal Adult Protective Services units in all regions of California.

Please click here for more information about this program (unavailable at CSUEB for 2025-26).

The PBH MSW Training Program is funded by the California Office of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) and managed in partnership with San Jose State University (SJSU) as part of a statewide behavioral health workforce development initiative. This program seeks to better prepare MSW students to provide effective, evidence-based behavioral health care in publicly funded programs and settings, proactively support the integration of behavioral health care services with and within other public services and systems, and enhance the retention and development of MSWs in public behavioral health programs and settings.

This training program is open to currently enrolled MSW students who are in good academic standing, matched with practicum placements for the training year at sites that receive public funding to provide behavioral health care services, and are not receiving funding support from any other HCAI-administered training or scholarship program. MSW students can apply and be accepted to the training program for one academic year at a time.

Please click here for more information about this program.

California Title IV-E Education Program

The California Title IV-E Education Program  provides professional education and monetary support to graduate social work students who intend to pursue or continue a career in the field of public child welfare. The program is funded through a federal grant from the Title IV-E Social Security Act. 

This program is open to all incoming students who meet normal CSUEB MSW admissions standards as well as all Title IV-E requirements. Interested students must submit an application to participate in the Title IV-E Child Welfare Stipend Program. IV-E applicants must apply to the CSUEB Master of Social Work program simultaneously and will only be considered for the Child Welfare Stipend Program if they are offered admission to the MSW program. 

The application period begins on October 1, 2024, and will conclude on Dec 15, 2024.  Please click the following link to read all details on the IV-E Program eligibility criteria and application processes before applying: 2025 Title IV-E Info Sheet

Once you have reviewed the Title IV-E Info Sheet, you may click on the following link to access the 2025 Title IV-E Application Form in order to apply. All Title IV-E Applications are due no later than Dec 15, 2024 and late applications will not be reviewed. 

The SF Bay Area IBH MSW Training Program, for Advanced Year Students in the Community Mental Health concentration, focuses on preparing students to work in integrated primary care and behavioral health settings, such as settings where people can get help with medical issues like diabetes or asthma, and also get support for mental and behavioral health needs. This video helps explain the model:

Students complete their second-year internship in an eligible setting and participate in trainings in the integration of primary care and behavioral health and inter-professional practice. Some of the training is with students through the Samuel Merritt Interprofessional Program at the Simulation Lab. 

The program is funded through the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and managed in partnership with San Jose State University. Students who participate in this program receive a $10,000 stipend. A call for applications is sent out to first-year MSW students towards the end of the fall semester, and an information session is typically held in early spring semester. We are able to offer this stipend to six students each year.

Please click here for more information about this program (unavailable at CSUEB for 2025-26).

The Sorensen CMH Fellowship Program is funded by the Harvey L. and Maud C. Sorensen Foundation. This program provides specialized training and support to a cohort of MSW students during their advanced/final year of study who graduate with a demonstrated commitment to and specialized training in childhood mental health with the goal of meeting community needs in this critical area of social work practice.

The Sorensen CMH Fellowship is open to currently enrolled CSUEB MSW students within the Community Mental Health or Children, Youth, and Families Concentration who are entering their advanced/final year of MSW study in good academic standing and are matched/matching with a practicum internship for 20-24 hours per week throughout the academic year in a setting that serves children and youth with mental health conditions including schools, child-focused public mental health clinics, children's hospitals, juvenile detention centers, and shelters for homeless youth.

Please click here for more information about this program.