SERVE: Indigenous Community Social Workers for Change (formerly the American Indian Recruitment Program) supports the Title IV-E schools of social work in the California Title IV-E Education Program. Its goal is to support the Title IV-E graduate and undergraduate social work programs currently operating within the Title IV-E Education Program by assisting with capacity and relationship building with Tribal entities and organizations within each region.
Eligible American Indian students can receive financial support as full- or part-time social work students with an emphasis on children and families in the California Title IV-E Education Program.
Mission
SERVE is committed to full equity, justice, well-being, and cultural preservation of American Indian/Alaska Native children and families by:
- Increasing the numbers of Indigenous social work graduates;
- Fostering inclusive leadership development;
- Developing partnerships between Tribal sovereign nations, indigenous communities, and other stakeholders; and
- Implementing decolonizing social work curricula to reflect community-based, culturally appropriate Indigenous values and the promotion of Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination.
Vision
SERVE envisions Tribal sovereign nations and Indigenous communities as sustainable healthy communities that use healing interventions to provide empowerment, mentorship, and leadership development; to promote cultural preservation and appreciation of Indigenous cultures by recognizing and supporting Tribal sovereignty, and protecting cultural rights and identity of Indigenous peoples.
Project Coordinators
SERVE has three designated project coordinators at universities in California's Northern, Central, and Southern regions who work in collaboration with the Title IV-E project coordinators at 20 universities statewide with Title IV-E programs. Please contact your regional SERVE project coordinator for more information:
- Northern: Cal Poly Humboldt
- Project Coordinator: Michelle Rainer
- Central: Fresno State University
- Project Coordinator: Zachary Zurkovsky
- Southern: San Diego State University
- Project Coordinator: Tamara Strohauer
Useful Resources
Map of SERVE locations
- SERVE fact sheet(PDF file)
- Resources (spreadsheet)(XLSX file)
- SERVE website at San Diego State University(link is external)
- FAQs about the Title IV-E Pathway Program
Participating Schools of Social Work/Social Welfare:
- Cal Poly Humboldt, Department of Social Work* ++ ^
- California State University, Bakersfield, Department of Social Work* ^
- California State University, Chico, School of Social Work * ++ ^
- California State University, Dominguez Hills, College of Health and Human Services ^
- California State University, East Bay, Department of Social Work* ^
- California State University, Fullerton, Master of Social Work Program* ^
- California State University, Long Beach, School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services* + ++ ^
- California State University, Los Angeles, School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services* ^
- California State University, Monterey Bay, Master of Social Work* ^
- California State University, Northridge, Department of Social Work* ^
- California State University, San Bernardino, School of Social Work(* ++ ^
- California State University, San Marcos, Department of Social Work* ^
- California State University, Stanislaus, Social Work Department* ^
- Fresno (link is external)State University(link is external), Department of Social Work Education* ++
- Sacramento State University, Division of Social Work*
- San Diego State University, School of Social Work* ++ ^
- San Francisco State University, School of Social Work^
- San José State University, School of Social Work*
- University of California, Berkeley Social Welfare^
- University of California, Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare(^
+ CSU, Long Beach coordinates distance-education sites for other CSU campuses.
++ These schools participate in the Title IV-E BASW programs.
^ These schools participate in the MHSA Stipend Program administered by the California Title IV-E Education Program's Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Program.
For more information:
Contact us at titleive@ucdavis.edu.