EMC Health Foundation Opens Applications for 2024 Behavioral Health Scholarship Program
EMC Health Foundation (EMCHF) has launched a scholarship program to help educate the mental health workforce of the future. The first phase of the initiative is focused on covering the costs of graduate school for applicants seeking a degree as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, or a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. The EMC Health Foundation fellowship is designed to cover tuition and books and not to exceed $50,000. In exchange, applicants agree to practice as a mental health professional for three years in any of the following zip codes in the California Central Valley. These are the Greater EMC Health Foundation zip codes:
Most important, we need proof that you have graduated from college and that you have been accepted into one of the four doctorate or master’s degree programs listed below:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
All application packets must include the following:
1. LSBHF Coversheet with providing your legal name, address, phone number, and email address. This must include the applicant’s verification and release form signed and dated within the open application window.
o Proof of U.S. citizenship (passport photo and accompanying information).
o Proof of graduation from a college or university (certified transcripts).
o Verification of acceptance to a U.S. based graduate program.
o Three reference letters: one each for personal, professional, and academic.
o Your personal statement. This is a 1-2 page single-spaced letter to the EMC Health Foundation Behavioral Health Fellowship Committee sharing why you are applying, background on yourself, and why you have an interest in practicing behavioral health within one or more of the zip codes in the Greater EMC Health Foundation Community.
o Please indicate if you have attended graduate school, received a graduate degree, or taken graduate courses, etc. This is not a requirement but allows the Committee to know and understand the breadth of your interests.
To obtain more information about the fellowship program or to submit an application, email allie@emchf.org