🐏 Introducing The SSWeekly email + web page

Starting Fall 2024, The SSWeekly replace The Resource Wire email newsletter for students. We'll continue to publish Tuesday afternoons (except during holiday weeks). Look for a more streamlined email that is easier to browse, and bookmark our new student news and announcements web page to find the latest information before it’s published via email.

SSWeekly. Updates every Tuesday. Graphic megaphone and icons of phones, laptops and emails

Student assistance funds

We’re here to help when financial hardships jeopardize academic progress.

Pay It Forward Fund

The Pay It Forward Emergency Fund was created to assist our social work students who encounter an unforeseen financial emergency that would otherwise prevent them from continuing their education at VCU. 

More specifically, this emergency fund provides our students with financial support when faced with an unexpected, unforeseen and unavoidable emergency expense that may be related to an accident, illness, death of a family member, fire damage or need for temporary housing. We acknowledge that students are often faced with life-altering circumstances that have the potential to derail successful progression. Our goal is to ensure our students have access to emergency resources during times of need – enabling them to stay in school and make progress toward their degree. 

Currently enrolled social work students in the B.S.W., M.S.W. and Ph.D. programs may apply for funds for emergent financial needs. This funding is not intended to reimburse expenses that have already been paid, or to replace or supplement existing financial aid.