The inspiration for this initiative grows out of our years of experience in supporting campus-community partnerships both in direct service (e.g., tutoring/mentoring, hunger outreach at area soup kitchens and homeless shelters, etc.), community-driven research (e.g., analyzing all non-school hour youth programs, evaluating transitional housing programs for runaway youth, etc.), and capacity building workshops.

We are designing forms for community members and leaders to submit news, calendar, and resource items for inclusion in the website and e-newsletter.

We will also solicit feedback on the website, e-newsletter, and related publications through a preliminary and during our a series of issue forums and study circles with our 50+ community partner agencies.