Lessons Learned From the Community Outreach Partnership CentersProgram

Dear SL colleagues,

In 1994, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
launched the Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) program to
foster and support collaborations between institutions of higher education
and their communities. COPC is HUD's primary vehicle for engaging colleges
and universities in community development. HUD commissioned the Urban
Institute to review the experience of a sample of early COPC grantees in
order to distill lessons about the challenges and contributions of
campus-community partnerships and about how community outreach efforts
like those supported by COPC are being institutionalized by colleges and
universities. This report, based on the experience of 25 COPC grantees and
their partners, presents the results of that review and analysis.

The Table of contents includes:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Community Outreach - Origins and Activities
Chapter 3: Roles and Challenges for Partnerships Between Academic
Institutions and Communities
Chapter 4: University Approaches to Institutionalizing Community Outreach
Chapter 5: Progress Toward Institutionalization of Community Outreach
Chapter 6: Lessons From the Experience of COPC Participants
Appendix A: Questions for COPC Site Visit Reports

If you would like to order a printed copy of this publication, please call
HUD USER at 1-800-245-2691.  The publication, and individual chapters, can
be printed from the HUD Office of University Partnerships website at
http://www.oup.org/researchandpubs/copc/lessonslearned.html

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a nonprofit organization that
promotes health through partnerships between communities and educational
institutions.  Check out our website at www.ccph.info

Mark your calendar for CCPH's 7th annual conference - April 26-29, 2003 in
San Diego, CA. The conference will feature a symposium jointly planned and
sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office
of University Partnerships and the Community Outreach Partnership Centers
program. This will present an unprecedented opportunity for advancing
community-campus partnerships that truly span the campus and contribute to
public problem-solving and healthier communities.

CCPH is the Higher Education Senior Program Advisor for the Learn and
Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
Visit the Clearinghouse at http://www.servicelearning.org
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