2024-2025 PSI Community Partner Application Deadline for returning partners: February 9, 2024 Deadline for new partners: February 16, 2024 Intern Interviews: April 15-26, 2024 (Exact time TBD – based on Site Supervisor and Student availability) Host Organization Orientation: August 8, 2024 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+) 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 8, 2024 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 (April 15-26, 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 2024. 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). The Public Service Internship program connects students with Bay Area social justice issues through policy, community organizing, and direct service internships. The PSI program engages students throughout the year in an exploration of ways of making meaningful change in their chosen issue area. Students meet as a cohort throughout the year to build leadership and professional skills. I. Organization Information Organization Address What is your organization’s budget? –None–Organization budget of less than $500KOrganization budget of $500K-$1 millionOrganization budget above $1 million Organization Name Please list key organization issue areas. –None–Anti-racismArtsEducationEnvironmentFinancial LiteracyFood JusticeGovernmentHigher Ed Public ServiceHousing/HomelessnessHuman RightsImmigrationLatino WorkersLawNeighborhood DevelopmentOlder AdultsPovertyPublic HealthPrison Industrial ComplexSportsYouth Empowerment –None–Anti-racismArtsEducationEnvironmentFinancial LiteracyFood JusticeGovernmentHigher Ed Public ServiceHousing/HomelessnessHuman RightsImmigrationLatino WorkersLawNeighborhood DevelopmentOlder AdultsPovertyPublic HealthPrison Industrial ComplexSportsYouth Empowerment –None–Anti-racismArtsEducationEnvironmentFinancial LiteracyFood JusticeGovernmentHigher Ed Public ServiceHousing/HomelessnessHuman RightsImmigrationLatino WorkersLawNeighborhood DevelopmentOlder AdultsPovertyPublic HealthPrison Industrial ComplexSportsYouth Empowerme Is your office accessible by public transportation? –None–YesNo If yes, by which BART/AC Transit lines? Cost of travel around the Bay Area has increased over the years and can be a barrier for interns to work in person. Does your organization provide transportation stipends for interns? –None–Yes, we offer BART ticketsYes, we offset travel costsNo II. Supervisor Information Supervisor First Name Supervisor Last Name Pronouns Supervisor Email Supervisor Phone Supervisor Title Is the proposed intern supervisor a full-time staff member? –None–YesNo Description of supervisor’s job and role in your organization Will this supervisor work directly with the intern? –None–YesNo If “no”, please provide the contact information of the staff member (name and email) who will work directly with the intern: III. Internship Description Internship Title Agency Description: Describe the program(s) the intern would be working with. Include each program’s mission, description of the population served, and all program activities. Work Schedule: Outline the proposed work schedule for an intern. Indicate whether there are mandatory days when the intern would be needed. NOTE: Interns are able to work approximately 8-10 hours/week for a total of 240-300 hours from September 2024 to April 2025, excluding University holidays and breaks. Please describe the skills and qualities that an intern working with your program should possess. Student Learning: List at least three skills that the intern might learn about Social Justic, Direct Service, Organizing, or Policy/Legislation while in this position. How many interns would you like/be able to host at your organization? Is the internship in-person, remote, or hybrid? –None–Service is all in personRemote service is possibleHybrid, we can talk about options If the internship is hybrid, how often will the intern work remotely? –None–1 day a week2 days a week3 days a week4 days a week4 days a weekWe will discuss. IV. Intern Responsibilities In the spaces below, break down the intern’s time to describe the general job categories or projects the intern will be responsible for. Below each category, please use the space to specify the individual duties and activities associated with each responsibility. The percentage of time spent on all categories should add up to 100%. Important to note: We aim to place interns with organizations focused in the areas of Direct Service, Organizing or Policy/Legislation. Below duties should relate directly to those areas of focus and not be clerical in nature (minor clerical responsibilities are acceptable as part of the overall internship. The majority of the role should be project based and in-person as we aim to provide internships that are hands-on and experiential to their learning. Intern Duty #1 Category –None–Attending/Planning Community EventsCivic EngagementCommunity Mapping/AssessmentEducationLeadership DevelopmentPolicy ResearchVolunteer recruitment/managementOther: Please Describe % of time Description Intern Duty #2 Category –None–Attending/Planning Community EventsCivic EngagementCommunity Mapping/AssessmentEducationLeadership DevelopmentPolicy ResearchVolunteer recruitment/managementOther: Please Describe % of time Description Intern Duty #3 Category –None–Attending/Planning Community EventsCivic EngagementCommunity Mapping/AssessmentEducationLeadership DevelopmentPolicy ResearchVolunteer recruitment/managementOther: Please Describe % of time Description Intern Duty #4 Category –None–Attending/Planning Community EventsCivic EngagementCommunity Mapping/AssessmentEducationLeadership DevelopmentPolicy ResearchVolunteer recruitment/managementOther: Please Describe % of time Description We look forward to receiving your application by February 9, 2024 (if you are applying as a new community partner, please submit by February 16). Before clicking “submit”, please make sure that you have filled in all necessary fields completely. Incomplete applications will NOT be reviewed. We will be in touch with you about our final decision by February 21, 2024 with further instruction about next steps. Thank you for your interest in hosting a Public Service Intern!