The scholarship is awarded from a fund set up by the Elkin family in memory of their beloved Yehuda Elkin, the father of the family who immigrated from Chile, Ohav Adam and his daughter Yaffa Tubali-Elkin, a senior Social Security employee, which saw its mission in improving service to the needy and a lot of commission on training workers across the country to achieve this goal.
The scholarship is awarded annually to a graduate student whose final thesis deals with the issue of welfare from an approach of social work.