2010 HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Program Overview

The Housing and Community Development Scholars Program (formerly the Housing Scholars Program) was created in 1989 by the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to provide additional and more comprehensive assistance to nonprofit corporations actively involved in the development of affordable housing.  Partnering with Wachovia in 1998 allowed us to offer internship opportunities to more students and broaden the scope of services provided by nonprofit organizations to include community and economic development activities.  Our university partner, New Jersey Institute of Technology, has provided administrative, payroll, and fiscal services for the program over the past 20 years

This innovative program offers a paid, full-time internship placement for ten weeks during the summer to graduate and undergraduate students attending the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Drew University, Montclair State University, Rutgers University (Camden, New Brunswick and Newark Campuses), Monmouth University, New Jersey City University, The College of New Jersey, Ramapo College,  Rowan University and Stockton University.  Funding from NJ DCA and Wachovia Bank pays 70% of Scholars’ wages.  However, the participating nonprofit agency must contribute 30% of the wages.  Undergraduates receive $13.00 per hour; graduate students are paid $15.00 per hour—for a maximum of 350 hours.

A maximum of 35 students majoring in architecture, civil engineering, urban studies and planning, public policy and administration, social work, community development, geoscience/geographic information systems, management information systems, management-finance, construction management and anthropology will be selected to participate in the program.  Before beginning their internships, students attend a week-long orientation and training program designed to explore the development process and the emerging role of nonprofits in affordable housing, and community and economic development.

The Wachovia/DCA Housing and Community Development Scholars Program is coordinated at the central level by DCA’s Division of Community Resources and is administered by NJIT’s Office of Career Development Services.

Please note: In order to be considered for the program, we prefer for you to submit the on-line application by the deadline date, Friday, February 19, 2010.

Or you may choose to e-mail the completed application from this packet to Newton@njit.edu by the deadline or send via U.S. Mail postmarked also by the deadline to the following address:

Rosalind Newton, Director
Attn: Housing and Community Dev. Scholars Program
New Jersey Institute of Technology - Career Dev. Services
University Heights
Newark, New Jersey 07102