Student Loans Weighing You Down?
National Health Service Corps
Loan Repayment Program
(NHSC LRP)
Will help you repay them!
The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program is now accepting applications for the Loan Repayment Program through September 30, 2010.
The NHSC LRP is available for health professionals who agree to provide services in a NHSC community site. In return, the NHSC LRP assists professionals in their repayment of qualifying educational loans that are stilled owed.
To be eligible to participate as a professional in the NHSC LRP program, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) must have:
- A master’s degree or doctoral degree in social work from a school accredited by a recognized accrediting body approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, AND
- Two years post-graduate supervised clinical experience, AND
- Successfully passed the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Clinical or Advanced licensing exam prior to July 1, 1998, or the ASWB Clinical Exam on or after July 1, 1998, AND
- The ability to practice independently and unsupervised as a licensed clinical social worker, AND
- A current, full, permanent, unencumbered health professional license (or, if applicable, a current unencumbered certificate or registration) to practice, at the level of licensure that allows them to practice independently and unsupervised as a Clinical Social Worker, in the State in which they intend to practice to fulfill their NHSW LRP service obligation.
For an application package and detailed information please visit: http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/apply.htm
Where Are They Now....
Ms. Nicole Marcellus graduated from the School of Social Work in the fall of 2008.
Upon graduation she relocated to Atlanta, GA. Ms. Marcellus has recently been appointed to the position of Social Service Protect and Placement Specialist in the Child Protective Services/Investigation Section with the Georgia Department of Human Services.
The School extends congratulations to Ms. Marcellus on this significant achievement and wishes her success in her new position.
Alicia Kula is a recent graduate of Barry University’s School of Social Work, Graduate Program, Palm Beach Gardens Campus. In 2002 Alicia began employment with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue as a community educator, facilitating partnerships with local schools for the purpose of expanding the schools’ safety curriculum to include Risk Watch©. Concurrent with Risk Watch© coordination she developed curriculum, taught, and assessed participants in the Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Program as well as co-produced several educational videos called Crossing the Line.
Recognizing the use of psychoeducational programming in a non-social work environment, Alicia joined a committee to assist in the development of a volunteer based social service program for Fire Rescue called Community Assistant Team (CAT); wherein volunteers assist the community at large during times of crisis through validation, normalization, and resourcing. Given the diversity of populations serviced by Fire Rescue, obtaining an MSW was invaluable for Ms. Kula; not only to support and strengthen the program, but to lend credibility to the program’s mission.
The theoretical framework from the classes coupled with the real world experiences provided during field lent insight for stratification of services including crisis intervention, bereavement support and service resourcing. Tooled with a Barry education and the desire to step outside of the traditional social work arena, Alicia developed the Crisis Mitigation Program (CMP), an idea originally conceived as a classroom project during a policy class. The program is designed to provide mental, emotional and spiritual assistance to the members of fire rescue and law enforcement during a time of crisis. Alicia is serving as the Coordinator of the program, which includes a myriad of response teams for specific populations that are impacted during an emergency.
Prior to working for Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Alicia Kula, had already earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education and a Master of Science Degree in Reading from Barry University. Alicia worked for the Palm Beach County School District as a Behavioral Interventionist and Reading Teacher. Ms. Kula has also worked in private industry as a paramedic of which she is still current along with be a current certified Fire Inspector. For now, Alicia is a registered clinical social work intern seeking clinical licensure status, so that she may further the C.A.T. and C.M.P. program development. She intends on pursuing her doctorate in the future. She is also a member of the NASW, PBC Child Care Advisory Committee, and Florida State Fire Marshall Association.
