CoAccess Scholars Program

2024-25 CoAccess Scholars Application

Thank you for your interest in the CoAccess Scholars Program! The application for 2024-25 scholars is now open! Click here to apply.

The deadline to submit an application is Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM (Mountain Time).

What is the CoAccess Scholars Program?

科罗拉多州极度缺乏心理和行为健康方面的工作人员, 导致整个州的社区难以获得医疗服务和不良结果. 科罗拉多州公共卫生部(CDPHE)报告称，该州64个县中有54个县是卫生专业人员短缺地区(hspa)， 57个县存在行为健康短缺. Workforce vacancies, including both licensed and unlicensed clinicians, counselors, social workers, and peer specialists, 导致许多行为健康服务差距在科罗拉多州所有地区(WICHE报告), 2015). COVID-19大流行只会扩大该州精神和行为健康基础设施的裂缝. What’s more, 缺乏与文化和语言相关的护理进一步加剧了这些问题, 对历史上服务不足的人群造成了不成比例的负面影响.

MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work is poised to meet these needs. 当许多学生意识到获得大多数行业职位所需的学士和硕士学位的成本时，经济障碍阻碍了他们攻读或完成社会工作学位. 与Colorado Access的合作将为许多学生提供经济救济, 使学生更容易决定继续接受高等社会工作教育，并使学生能够在这些关键职业中追随自己的兴趣. Through the CoAccess Scholars program, 社会工作系为希望通过密歇根州立大学丹佛分校高级社会工作计划获得社会工作学士学位(BSSW)学位和社会工作硕士学位(MSW)的学生提供财务和计划支持. 该计划通过两年的奖学金/津贴支持，增加经济机会，鼓励完成双学位, provides peer-to-peer community building and faculty mentorship, 并通过专业发展为学生进入心理和行为劳动力做好准备, networking opportunities, and relevant field experience.

MSU Denver will support 20 students over two years of study, 从BSSW计划的最后一年开始，一直持续到高级常备MSW计划的一年. 本科生将获得5000美元，研究生将获得8000美元. 如果学生选择在两年以上的时间里攻读高级常备城市固体废物课程, the funding would be split over the two years. 在他们大三学习结束时被录取, 学生将承诺1)在密歇根州立大学丹佛分校攻读高级城市固体废物项目*，2)在完成城市固体废物项目后，在科罗拉多州医疗服务不足的社区工作两年, focused on serving individuals on Health First Colorado/Medicaid.

*Note: 不保证进入密歇根州立大学丹佛分校的高级常备城市生活垃圾项目. 参加者仍然需要在正常申请周期内申请，并提交一份强有力的入学申请. For more information on applying to the MSW Program, please click here.

如果你有兴趣在精神和行为健康机构工作，为服务不足或农村社区, we invite you to apply to become a CoAccess Scholar.

If selected to participate in the program, students will:

参与心理或行为健康机构的实地实习;
本科生奖学金5000美元，研究生奖学金8000美元;
按照队列模式参加补充学术和专业发展活动，以鼓励共享学习, community building, and networking. This will include required participation in the following:
- Attendance at three paid conferences per academic year
- A senior-year capstone project
- 本科奖学金获得者需要在2024-2025学年参加三次本科研讨会.
- 研究生被要求在2024-2025学年参加8次HRSA研讨会，并参加HRSA指定的领域课程.
Be supported by a faculty advisor, 谁将协调实地安排，每月与每位学者会面两次，每学期与学者和他们的实地安排会面两次.

For each year of funding received, 参与者有义务在科罗拉多州医疗服务不足的社区工作一年(12个月), with a focus on serving individuals on Health First Colorado/Medicaid.

Program Eligibility

BSSW Student Eligibility

For undergraduate student to be eligible to apply, they must:

即将进入密歇根州立大学丹佛分校社会工作理学学士(BSSW)课程的最后一年;
Have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher;
Have a field placement in a mental or behavioral health setting;
Commit to applying for and attending (if accepted) 密歇根州立大学丹佛分校社会工作高级常务硕士(MSW)项目;
For each year of funding received, 在完成城市生活垃圾后，承诺在科罗拉多州医疗服务不足的社区进行1年的临床工作, with a focus on serving individuals on Health First Colorado/Medicaid.

如果您是来自以下任何一个代表性不足的社区的申请人, 皇冠官网网站鼓励您在您的申请中指出这一点，因为这个项目的重点是在医疗保健劳动力中建立多样性:

Bilingual;
Bicultural;
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC);
First-Generation College Student;
Veteran;
Member of the LGBTQIA+ community;
Any other underrepresented community not explicitly listed above

MSW Student Eligibility

For a graduate student to eligible to apply, they must:

Be entering the MSW Advanced Standing Program as a full-time student;
Have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher;
Have a field placement in a mental or behavioral health setting;
For each year of funding received, 在完成城市生活垃圾后，承诺在科罗拉多州医疗服务不足的社区进行1年的临床工作, with a focus on serving individuals on Health First Colorado/Medicaid.

如果您是来自以下任何一个代表性不足的社区的申请人, 皇冠官网网站鼓励您在您的申请中指出这一点，因为这个项目的重点是在医疗保健劳动力中建立多样性:

Bilingual;
Bicultural;
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC);
First-Generation College Student;
Veteran;
Member of the LGBTQIA+ community;
Any other underrepresented community not explicitly listed above