Title IV-E is a federally funded stipend program available to students at participating universities pursuing their BSW or MSW degrees. Georgia’s Title IV-E Public Child Welfare Education Program is an effort to develop a stable and competent workforce in Georgia’s public child welfare system.

• To increase the number of public child welfare employees who obtain their BSW and MSW degrees from schools of social work in Georgia;
• To prepare BSW and MSW graduates with the skills, knowledge, and abilities for employment in the public child welfare system;
• To increase the number of BSW and MSW job ready graduates who seek and obtain employment in public child welfare positions.