EXCELLENCE IN SERVING OLDER ADULTS
Hartford Partnership Program in Aging Education (HPPAE)
The School of Social Work is honored to have been awarded the
John A. Hartford Partnership Program in Aging Education (HPPAE)
grant for 2006-2009.
This grant is administered by the New York
Academy of Medicine. Since 2005, 45 graduate social work programs
throughout the United States have been awarded this competitive
grant. We are pleased that CSU, Chico has this opportunity to
enhance the training of social workers in gerontology. Through
this program, students gain skills in gerontology while becoming
leaders in a dynamic field.
The grant provides students in the Master of Social Work program
at CSU, Chico to participate in a year-long training in gerontology.
The Program provides a rotation model for internships. Thus, a
student is placed in a primary agency for two days a week during
the semester, rotating into another agency for one day a week.
Students participate in specialized activities in the second agency
such as facilitating groups, developing grants, and/or providing
outreach and recruitment. Rotations are tailored to the needs
of the students and the community and expose students to up to
four agencies and/or internal programs within the year. The opportunities
are endless.
In addition, students attend three specialized training seminars/workshops per semester. The rotations and training/workshops
provide students exposure to the challenges affecting social work
with older adults ranging from legal, mental health, planning
and advocacy, policy, wellness, and health promotion.
Students are provided a stipend for participation in this
year-long program. The stipend varies depending on the field site and funding source.
Participating Agencies of Excellence have included:
- Alzheimer's Association (Paradise, Chico, Oroville)
- Butte County Behavioral Health, Senior
Connections Program
- Butte County Behavioral Health - Paradise Community Counseling Center (Paradise, CA)
- Butte
County Public Health
- Enloe Medical Center – Cancer
Connections
- Evergreen Skilled Nursing Facility (Gridley, CA.)
- Feather River Hospital (Paradise, CA.)
- Oroville Hospital (Oroville, CA.)
- PASSAGES Adult
Resource Center
- St. Elizabeth Hospital (Red Bluff)
- Veterans Administration
(VA) Northern California Health Care System, Department of
Social Work Services.
- Sutter North Hospice (Yuba City, CA)
- Mercy Hospice (Rancho Cordova, CA)
If interested, please fill out the application and return to Dr.
Jean Schuldberg, by April 20, 2009.
Application available in Acrobat
PDF
Contact information:
CSUC School of Social Work
Chico, CA 95929-0550
(Butte Hall Room 519)
Email: jschuldberg@csuchico.edu
Phone: 530.898.4187
Interviews will occur Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
Applicants will be notified of his/her statusby May 4, 2009
I
was almost certain that I wanted to work with foster youth when
I entered graduate school. Due to the exposure to the lives of older
adults through the Hartford Partnership Program in Aging Education, I know now, without
a doubt, that I would like to pursue a career in geriatrics. 
Every
worker will find himself or herself involved with an older adult,
even if it isn’t within his or her scope of practice. The
Hartford Partnership Program in Aging Education has increased my knowledge of the
vast changes involved with aging. I know that my true passion
is in working with older adults. 
Older
adults bring such wisdom and grace to a particular situation. Listening
to the stories, reminiscing, and appreciating the older adults’
contributions all add to the richness of working with this population;
I consider it a gift. 
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