Title V, Part B PPOHA Stipends

Dominican’s University Title V, Part B – Promoting Post Baccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) project seeks to increase Hispanic and low-income graduate student success at Dominican University. The goal is to provide support for graduate students to increase their social capital by networking and volunteering. The grant will provide five (5) $3,000 stipends ($1,500 per term) to Master of Social Work (MSW) candidates assigned to field placements. Field work placements are required to integrate academic knowledge, social work values, ethics, and the skills needed to become globally focused, relationship-centered social workers.

In order to receive the stipend, applicants must complete the FAFSA form to verify citizenship and low-income requirements. Preference will be given to Latino or Hispanic students.

Eligibility Requirements

Minimum of 3.0 GPA
Low-income

First Name

Preferred Name

Last Name

Email Address

Cell Phone

Date of Birth is collected to prevent the creation of duplicate records.
Date of Birth

Are you Hispanic or Latino/a/x?

Yes

No

Regardless of your answer to the prior question, please check one or more of the following groups in which you consider yourself to be a member.

Educational Information

Current GPA

Other Awards Received

Additional Information

Please check if you or your dependent children have received any of the following:

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Woman, Infant and Children (WIC)

Free/reduced lunch

Pell grant while enrolled as an undergraduate

Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice

Advanced generalist social workers engage in identifying, comparing, and analyzing international, federal, state, and local policies. Advanced generalist social workers engage in understanding, assessing, and critiquing the history and current structure, development, and implementation of social policies and services. Advanced generalist social workers engage in advocating for social policies and services that advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice.

Behaviors:

Demonstrate an understanding of how the effects of local and global institutional and economic power and policies reinforce systemic oppression
Assess and identify strengths and challenges that support policy development across the micro, mezzo and macro systems
Advocate and promote policies that support the social and economic equity and inclusion of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities

Social workers understand that human rights and social justice, as well as social welfare and services, are mediated by policy and its implementation at the federal, state, and local levels. Social workers understand the history and current structures of social policies and services, the role of policy in service delivery, and the role of practice in policy development. Social workers understand their role in policy development and implementation within their practice settings at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels and they actively engage in policy practice to effect change within those settings. Social workers recognize and understand the historical, social, cultural, economic, organizational, environmental, and global influences that affect social policy. They are also knowledgeable about policy formulation, analysis, implementation, and evaluation.

Behaviors:

Identify social policy at the local, state, and federal level that impacts well-being, service delivery, and access to social services
Assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services
Apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice

With conversations with your agency field instructor, give a detailed description of the activities that you will engage in during your internship related to this competency. (50-100 words)