Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program FY 1999 Grantee

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE, SPRINGFIELD, MA -- $399,843

Springfield College, in partnership with American International College and Springfield Technical Community College, will receive a Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program New Grant of $399,843 to work in three neighborhoods in the City's Enterprise Community-Old Hill, Upper Hill, and Maple High/Six Corners. The City of Springfield's poverty rate is more than double the state average, with the target communities particularly hard hit by the problems that beset low-income neighborhoods.

Among the activities the three colleges will undertake are:

• Enlisting these communities in determining and implementing ways to achieve a more complete and accurate count for the Census 2000;

• Developing and maintaining a Parent Involvement Work Group to provide support to the local pre- and elementary schools;

• Increasing affordable access to these colleges for local youth;

• Conducting a Teen Leadership Institute; and

• Establishing a homeownership mentoring program to help new and prospective homeowners.

Contact: Dr. Linda Marston, 413-748-3654

Content Archived: January 20, 2009