COPC Overview

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development Community Outreach Partnerships
Program (COPC)
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This program encourages Institutions of Higher
Education to apply their considerable resources
to partnerships with faculty, staff, and students
in tandem with community leaders to attack urban
problems through creative technical assistance,
capacity training, action-oriented research,
program delivery, and the development of common
agendas among sometimes conflicting groups.
-Marcia Marker Feld OUP Director 1998
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Purpose Of The Program

• To provide funds to community colleges, four-year
  colleges, and universities
• To establish and operate Community Outreach
  Partnership Centers (COPC) to address the
  problems of urban areas
• To carry out outreach and applied research
• To encourage structural change within the
  institution and with their neighbors
• To fund two grant programs that provide 3-year
  grants of up to 400,000 to new grantees and a
  two year grant of up to 150,000 to previously
  funded grantees

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COPC Focus Areas

• Job training and counseling to reduce
  unemployment
• Resident-backed strategies to spur economic
  growth and reduce crime
• Local initiatives to combat housing
  discrimination and homelessness
• Mentoring programs for neighborhood youth
• Financial and technical assistance for new
  businesses
• Campus outreach to involve faculty and students

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Successful Features of Partnerships

• A shared vision and philosophy of community
  development practices
• A way of working together that expresses the
  shared vision
• A relationship that is designed to address
  inequities of power, culture, class and race
• A recognition and satisfaction of mutual
  interests
• Balanced roles, for example, between partners in
  the interest of the overall development of the
  community

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FY2002 Grantee Activities

• Claremont Graduate University in California will
  establish the Ontario Community University
  Partnership (OCUP) serving the Sultana Corridor
  A Different Face of Poverty. Claremont will
  assist in the regeneration of community life and
  develop bonds between students, faculty and
  staff, and members of community groups and
  residents in the Sultana Corridor.
• Frostburg State University in Maryland will
  establish two Community Outreach Partnership
  Centers that will serve two neighborhoods in
  Cumberland, Maryland and the town of Frostburg. A
  partnership of FSU and over forty community
  organizations, including community and business
  leaders, nonprofit agencies, and neighborhood
  organizations, will carry out this initiative.

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Eligible Applicants

• Accredited public or private nonprofit
  institutions of higher education granting 2 or
  4-year degrees
• Must have an Urban areaa geographic place with a
  population of 2,500 or more
• Consortia of eligible institutions may apply

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Program Concepts

• Outreach, technical assistance, and applied
  research
• Empower community-based organizations and
  residents
• Relate applied research to outreach activities
• Assistance should be by faculty and students
• Part of the institution's broader mission

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Eligible Activities

• Housing
• Economic Development
• Neighborhood Revitalization
• Health Care
• Job Training
• Education
• Crime Prevention
• Environment
• Community Organizing

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Ineligible Activities

• Research activities with no real application
• Costs for Construction and Physical Development
• Costs used for administration and day-to-day
  administration

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Program Requirements

• Outreach, technical assistance services equal 75
  percent of total project costs
• Research activities cannot exceed 25 percent of
  total project costs
• Planning and administration cannot exceed more
  than 20 percent of your grant
• Matching Funds
• Community Advisory Committee
• Act as a clearinghouse to disseminate information

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Matching Requirements

• Must be an eligible program expenditure
• If its not eligible for funding, its not
  eligible for match
• Indirect costs can count towards meeting match,
  but not overage
• These requirements change when applying for a new
  direction grant

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For New Grants

• Match
• 50 of the total project costs
• 25 of the total project costs

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For New Direction Grants
Match 60 of the total project costs 35 of the
total project costs
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Things to Consider Before Applying

• Strong partnerships and ties with the community
• A commitment to assisting local communities
• Your institution should value outreach activities
• The role is appropriate for university to play

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Factors For Disqualification

• Not an eligible institution
• Request under or over the set grant amount
• More than one application from a school
• Insufficient match
• Over 25 of activities towards research
• Not multi-faceted
• Not an urban area

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Program Information

• 5 million available to be awarded
• 10 New Grants to be funded
• 4M allotted
• 6 New Directions Grants to be funded
• 1M allotted
• Assume a start date of October 1, 2003

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Submission Information

• Application Due June 24, 2003
• Submit Application via
• United States Postal Service (USPS)
• Must be postmarked by 1200 midnight
• Request USPS Form 3817, Certificate of Mailing
• Received within 15 days of the postmark
• Courier
• You MUST use either United Parcel Service
• (UPS), Fed Ex, DHL, or Falcon Carrier
• HUD will NOT accept hand delivered
• applications

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Address to Mail Application

• Please mail one original, three copies, and one
  electronic copy of the completed application to
• Processing and Control Branch
• Office of Community Planning and Development
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 7251
• Washington, DC 20410

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Technical Assistance

• Call Armand Carriere of the Office of University
  Partnerships at
  202-708-3061, x3181 or Armand_W._Carriere_at_hud.gov
• Visit the OUP Website
• Learn COPC Grant Writing Tips

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Application Materials

• To obtain a copy of the NOFA and forms
• Call SuperNOFA at 1-800-483-8929
• Visit the HUD Website
• Visit the OUP Website

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OUP Staff
Armand Carriere, Acting Director Phone (202)
708-3061, ext. 3181 Kinnard Wright, Grant
Specialist Phone [phone], ext.
7495 Ophelia Wilson, Grant Specialist Phone
[phone], ext. 4390 Susan Brunson, Program
Analyst Phone [phone], ext. 3852 Madlyn
Wohlman-Rodriguez, Grant Specialist Phone (202)
708-3061, ext. 5939
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