Exhausted Pell Grant, any alternatives

oldmom4896
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 01:24:32 +0000

I got my MSW at a SUNY school. During second year, we got an influx of students with BSW who needed only one year to graduate as MSW.

I went to school with many who worked full-time along with doing fieldwork and classes, and with kids at home. It had to be very difficult for them, but they did it! Among them were people who worked for NYC’s child protective services agency and several got their degree paid for by the agency.

The agency I work for, a community-based mental health service agency, uses care coordinators with a bachelor’s degree in anything. The pay isn’t great but it’s M-F basically 9-5 and really good benefits, including tuition after a year (I believe). In NY at least, we have Empire State College, which awards self-directed bachelor’s degrees taking into consideration all kinds of work and life experience. Wherever you are, I would look for something like that if you want a bachelor’s ASAP. A BSW is another possibility if you can swing it.

Take a look at the website for the National Association of Social Workers (https://www.socialworkers.org) to see if you can find resources locally, and look up the accredited social work programs in your city and state and inquire. There are also many Facebook pages–do a search! Best of luck to you!