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This page contains information and materials relating to programs funded by the Office of University Partnerships. The links below provide access to descriptions of these OUP programs, as well as presentations and publications associated with the programs.
Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC)
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants (DDRG)
DDRG Winners
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
Note: This program is no longer an active program.
The HBCU program awarded competitive grants to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to address community development needs in their localities. The program helped HBCUs expand their role and effectiveness in helping their communities with neighborhood revitalization, housing, and economic development. While education is their primary mission, HBCUs play many other important roles in the nation, such as serving as economic anchors to their communities. In 1994, HUD established a similar program called Community Outreach Partnership Centers, which was open to colleges and universities nationwide.
Eligible Grantees: HBCUs designated by the U.S. Department of Education in 34 CFR 608.2 (in accordance with that Department's responsibilities under Executive Order 12677, dated April 28, 1989) were eligible for funding under the HBCU program.
Eligible Customers: The HBCU program primarily benefited low- and moderate-income persons who were residents of the community in which the HBCU was located. ("Low income" is generally defined as earning up to 80 percent of the area median income, adjusted by family size).
Eligible Activities: Examples of eligible activities included purchasing property; clearing land or demolishing buildings; rehabilitating homes and businesses; providing direct homeownership assistance to low- and moderate-income persons; special economic development activities (described at 24 CFR 570.203); eligible public services; and establishment of a Community Development Corporation to undertake eligible activities. Activities had to meet both a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program national objective and CDBG eligibility requirements. In addition, HBCUs had to obtain a letter from the Chief Executive Officer of the unit of general local government in which they proposed to conduct activities, certifying that the activities were consistent with the Consolidated Plan or other officially approved Comprehensive Plan of the jurisdiction to be served.
Technical Guidance: The HBCU grant was one of several "special purpose grants" for which CDBG funds were set aside each year. It was authorized under Section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as amended. It was governed by regulations contained in 24 CFR 570.400, 570.404 and 24 CFR Part 570, subparts A, C, J, K and O, as amended, revised or updated. HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) administered the program.
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)
Community Development Work Study Program (CDWSP)
Note: This program is no longer an active program.
The Community Development Work Study program offered work stipends, tuition support, and other assistance to attract economically disadvantaged and minority graduate students to careers in community and economic development. CDWSP awarded 2-year grants on a competitive basis to institutions of higher education, areawide planning organizations (APOs), and States. These entities then awarded funds to qualified students for the following activities –
Work Stipends: Up to $9,000 per year per graduate student
Tuition Support and Additional Support: Up to $5,000 per year per graduate student for tuition, fees, books, and travel costs.
Grantees could retain up to $1,000 per year per participating student to cover administrative expenses.
Eligible Grantees: Eligible grantees were institutions of higher education offering degrees in a community development academic program, areawide planning organizations (APOs) which applied on behalf of two or more institutions of higher education, and States which applied on behalf of two or more institutions of higher education located in the State. Two-year academic institutions were not eligible for grants.
Eligible Students: Economically disadvantaged and minority students enrolled in full-time graduate programs in community and economic development, community planning or management, or other related fields of study were eligible to receive assistance. Related fields included public administration, urban management, and urban planning, but excluded sociology and humanistic fields such as law, economics, education, and history.
Funding: Congress appropriated $2 million for CDWSP in FY 1998. Historically, CDWSP had been funded at $3 million, allowing the program to assist approximately 100 additional students annually.
Technical Guidance: Section 107 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) authorized the CDWSP. It was administered by the Office of University Partnerships in HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research.
Success Stories: The CDWSP had a long list of accomplished alumni. Examples can be found even in the metropolitan Washington area, where participants under a grant to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments have gone on to hold such positions in the District of Columbia government as public works director and city manager, and one (Bob Nash) has even gone on to become White House Director of Presidential Personnel. Hundreds of other CDWSP alumni around the country went on to leading positions in State or local government or the nonprofit sector, positions including city manager, treasurer, agency director, budget director, community development corporation executive director, city economic development director, and state representative.
Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC)
Early Doctoral Student Research Grants (EDSRG)
Universities Rebuilding America Partnerships (URAP)
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