Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program FY 1999 Grantee

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC -- $150,000

Howard University, a Historically Black University, will receive a Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program New Directions Grant of $150,000 to continue working with community-based organizations in Washington D.C.'s Enterprise Community. Howard received a Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program New Grant in FY 1996 to work in the Georgia Avenue Corridor. The New Directions Grant will enable the University to expand its efforts to the neighborhoods surrounding its campus-Shaw, LeDroit, Edgewood, Eckington, Pleasant Plains, Bloomingdale, and Petworth. These communities contain a multitude of potential assets, which the University and its community partners hope to tap.

Among the activities Howard will undertake are:

• A targeted microloan program to support business development along U Street;

• Health and fitness awareness and Campus of Learners programs at a public housing development near the University;

• Technical assistance to community organizations on fair lending practices to strengthen their redevelopment efforts; and

• Extension of a highly successful paid internship, as part of an interdisciplinary community development minor, to provide assistance to community-based organizations.

Contact: Dr. Rod Green, 202-806-9558

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