Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program FY 1999 Grantee

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC -- $399,463

Georgetown University will receive a Community Outreach Partnerships Centers Program New Grant of $399,463 to work with more than 15 community-based organizations in the North Capitol and Mt. Pleasant/Columbia Heights neighborhoods in Washington, DC. Both of these neighborhoods, which are in the City's Empowerment Zone, are challenged by high levels of poverty, lack of economic development, high crime and violence, and poor school achievement. The two communities are quite different in their ethnic make-up. North Capitol is over 95 percent African American, while almost half of Mt. Pleasant/Columbia Heights' residents are Latino immigrants.

Among the activities Georgetown will undertake are:

• Implementing a Youth Empowerment Services Program to train adolescents in conflict resolution and community development and create "safe spaces" for recreation and relaxation, as a way to reduce crime and violence among adolescents;

• Developing a Local Entrepreneur Advancement Program to provide training, and financial and technical support for incipient neighborhood entrepreneurs; and

• Creating a Center for Technical Cooperation to enhance neighborhood planning and community organization by training residents to collect, analyze, and act on strategic information.

Contact: Dr. Jeff Collmann, 202-687-3433

Content Archived: January 20, 2009