2025-2026 PSI Community Partner Application The Public Service Internship program connects students with Bay Area social justice issues through policy, community organizing, and direct service internships. Students intern for 8-10 hours a week for the academic year and enroll in a field studies course for units. The PSI program engages students throughout the year to explore ways of making meaningful change in their chosen issue area and meet as a cohort to build leadership and professional skills. Deadline for returning partners: December 20, 2024 Intern Interviews: April 2025 (Exact time TBD – based on Site Supervisor and Student availability) Host Organization Orientation: August 7, 2025 (10am-11am) Intern Orientation: Spring Semester Required Contribution to Student Stipend: We request a small contribution to be redistributed to students as stipends for their service. Fees will be invoiced to your organization during the academic year. Contribution amounts are based on a tiered system reflecting the organization’s budgets listed below: $1,000 for Tier 1 (Org budget of less than $500k) $1,500 for Tier 2 (Org budget of $500k-1mil) $2,000 for Tier 3 (Org budget of $1mil+) Note: Contribution amounts will increase every other year. The next increase will be for the 2026-2027 academic year. Number of Interns: The PSI team will do our best to honor the number of interns you request, however due to capacity we cannot always guarantee multiple interns for each site. Before submitting an application, please review the Community Partner Responsibilities and Expectations below. In order to be considered, your designated Supervisor must be available for a community partner orientation on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at the Public Service Center. For the short answer questions, we recommend writing your responses in a separate document and saving it before inputting, as answers will be lost if you navigate away from the page. If you have any questions, please contact Aileen Pagdanganan at aileen.pagdanganan@berkeley.edu Community Partner Expectations and Responsibilities Expectations: Facilitate intern interviews with PSI candidates (TBA, via Zoom/Google Meet, or at organization’s office/site). Attend program kickoff and orientation on August 8, 2024. Expose interns to daily operations and systems in your organization that provide a valuable lens to direct service, organizing or policy work. Create a learning environment on-site that focuses on the intern’s individual and professional growth, in addition to providing a space that allows for the exploration of future career opportunities. Provide constructive and supportive supervision by an experienced staff member at your organization through regular 1:1 check-ins with your intern(s). Ensure and maintain open lines of communication with the intern and PSC staff throughout the academic year. Responsibilities: Develop a job description for the intern that outlines duties to be fulfilled in support of your organization. Share final version with the PSC staff before June 2025. Finalize a schedule (to be co-created with the intern) that outlines tasks/projects, hours, and days per week worked. Complete all PSI program evaluation requests (e.g. Learning Agreement and Supervisor Commitment Form, Community Partner Reflection surveys). Provide a small contribution for student stipends (based on your organization’s Tier listed above).