Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LAC DMH) Stipend

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LAC DMH) offers an $18,500 stipend to select MSW students across Los Angeles County who demonstrate a commitment to public mental health. Students awarded a stipend must commit to one-year of employment post-graduation in a clinical capacity at an agency either directly operated or contracted by LAC DMH. Please consider this notice with the understanding that the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work is simply sharing information about the LAC DMH stipend program. Administration of this stipend program is managed by Phillips’ California Stipend Program of Campbellsville University at the Los Angeles Education Center (CULAEC).

Stipend Amount

$18,500 awarded for the academic year.

Eligibility Criteria

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health is looking for MSW students who are committed to providing clinical services in public mental health (not administrative services). They are also interested in students who are bilingual (e.g., speak one of the threshold languages listed on the website) and who want to serve under-resourced, vulnerable populations (e.g., clients experiencing homelessness, clients with chronic or persistent mental illness). However, please note that you do not need to be bilingual to receive the stipend.