Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Program

The Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Program is a federally funded initiative which:

• Supports partnership programs designed to prepare social work students for careers in the child welfare profession and to develop the skills of current workers (through the stipend program);
• Provides for the direct financial assistance (stipends) to social work students (federally funded);
• Provides for the curriculum development materials including books, journals, periodicals, videotapes, (TWU Title IV-E Resource Library), conferences, etc.;
• Supports the development of Title IV-E Child Welfare agency/university partnerships;
• Funds short and long-term training programs for current and prospective child welfare staff, foster/adoptive parents and child advocates;
• Provides for the funding for outreach and recruitment of the bachelor of social work workforce.

Benefits of the Program

In 2000, Texas Woman's University entered into a partnership/grant contract with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The partnership produces valuable benefits for TWU students and the greater community, including:

• A substantial number of students receiving a Title IV-E stipend and entrance into the CPS workforce;
• Increased knowledge, skills and competences for current and prospective CPS staff, foster/adoptive parents, and other child advocates (via child welfare trainings and conferences);
• Assisted recruitment and retention of staff for the agency (via TWU Career Day and Job Fair exhibits, and child abuse awareness month campaigns);
• Furthered professionalism in the Child Protective Services agency;
• A strengthened Texas child welfare system for individuals, children and families.

Read more Title IV-E success stories here.

Questions?

For more information about our training program, please contact:

Rishun Beasley, LMSW
Associate Grant Program Director/Instructor
OMB 410K
940-898-2076
Rbeasley1@twu.edu