Sponsor a Social Work Student’s NASW Membership

NASW Montana Member Opportunity to Sponsor a Social Work Student as a NASW Member!

Did you know:

• Although Montana now has five Undergraduate and Graduate Social Work Schools and Programs, with a combined enrollment of nearly 350 students, NASW‐Montana student member numbers have dramatically decreased?
• The average member is over 51 years and has been a member for nearly 11 years? 

What about the next generation of Montana Social Workers?

Your NASW Montana Membership Committee is asking you, one of our loyal regular members, to consider “sponsoring” a Social Work Student’s NASW membership for one year. The cost to you would be only $48, or about ¼ the cost of a regular NASW membership and your Social Work Student will receive all the benefits of full membership!

Moreover, after graduation, NASW student members enter a generous 3 year transitional period that features reduced dues of $94 in years one and two, and $143 in year three. BSW students enter a two year transitional period. However, without a previous student membership, Social Workers cannot participate as transitional members. Regular membership annual dues are $190, so it pays for them to join as students and take advantage of NASW’s optimal transitional rates.

When Social Work students join NASW, half of their membership dues support our Montana Chapter. Your Montana Chapter is committed to being our Social Workers’ foremost “COMMUNITY OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT.” We want them to reap the benefits of local membership and help the Montana Chapter continue to be a strong fighter for our profession!

How it works…Please let us know if want to sponsor a Montana Social Work Student’s NASW membership. If so, we will “match” you with a student, preferably one close to where you live. We will provide you with the student’s name, email address and phone number. We will ask you to send us a check for $48 made out to NASW and we will forward the student’s application and your check to NASW. Students will be sponsored on a first come, first served basis.

Please consider participating in this “win-win” opportunity for social work students, members, and our Chapter.