Public Child Welfare Certification program connects social work students to careers after graduation

Through implementing the Public Child Welfare Certification program (PCWCP) at MSU, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services helps children and families in Kentucky in addition to securing careers for qualifying undergraduate social work juniors and seniors.

As a student in the program, you may complete your social work degree while participating in the cabinet's child welfare training curricula. Upon successful completion of the program, you must serve a two-year employment commitment with the cabinet.

Benefits of participating in the PCWCP include:

• Paid in-state tuition for up to four semesters
• A $1,300 stipend each fall and spring semester and a $650 stipend for each summer semester to assist with any fees, books, living expenses or travel related to the program
• Upon program completion you will be assisted in acquiring employment with the Department for Community Based Services (DCBS).
• PCWCP graduates are hired into the DCBS at a 5% higher salary rate.

For more information about the program visit www.moreheadstate.edu/pcwcp/.