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The Community Practice Lab is committed to building sustainable, mutually beneficial partnerships that are driven by community interests, strengths, ideals, and needs. We believe that community work requires time, energy, and commitment to foster lasting and effective outcomes. Additionally, our partnership approach requires critical and authentic examination of social power and systemic justice to be responsive to institutional dynamics, historical inequities, and societal norms among institutions, communities, and people that could contribute to harm or further injustice. Learn more about our methodology.<\/a><\/p>\n

The CPL is actively involved in the ongoing implementation of community initiatives with several long-term partners:<\/p>\n

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Marian Cheek Jackson Center<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"\"The Marian Cheek Jackson Center<\/a> honors, renews, and builds community in the historic Northside, Pine Knolls, and Tin Top neighborhoods of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC. Our strength as an organization has always been ongoing connection and advocacy support. We are committed to working with neighbors through this time and adapting our work in dialogue with our neighbors.<\/p>\n

Partnered for community aging consulting and LINK program coordination and evaluation.<\/p>\n

Coaching<\/a>Strategizing<\/a>Implementing<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Orange County Department on Aging<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"\"The Orange County Department on Aging<\/a> is one-stop resource where older adults and caregivers can meet their social, mental, physical, financial, and day-to-day practical needs. We offer integrating aging services and programs at our two senior centers including wellness and education classes, job search advice and workshops, lunches, trips, volunteer opportunities, and much more.<\/p>\n

Partnered for coordination and evaluation of the Master Aging Plan and development of policy recommendations and community resources.<\/p>\n

Strategizing<\/a>Implementing<\/a>Communicating<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Orange County Housing Department<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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\"OrangeThe primary mission of the Orange County Housing Department<\/a> is to promote adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and a dignified living environment.<\/p>\n

Partnered to administer and evaluate the Orange County Home Preservation Coalition (OCHPC). The CPL also shares research and leads workshops and trainings about the OCHPC model.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coaching<\/a>Strategizing<\/a>Implementing<\/a>Communicating<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Habitat for Humanity Orange County<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"\"Habitat for Humanity of Orange County<\/a> is a nonprofit organization that helps families build and improve places to call home. We believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities. Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home.<\/p>\n

Partnered to develop community engagement processes and support their implementation and evaluation. The CPL also shares research and leads workshops and trainings about Habitat’s new community engagement model.<\/p>\n

Coaching<\/a>Strategizing<\/a>Implementing<\/a>Communicating<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"Orange<\/a>The Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition (OCAHC)<\/a>\u00a0is an association of nonprofit housing developers, service providers, advocacy groups, and local government partners working together to provide housing opportunities for all in Orange County, North Carolina. OCAHC seeks to advocate for the creation and preservation of safe, dignified, affordable housing in Orange County.<\/p>\n

Partnered to coordinate the Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition (OCAHC).<\/p>\n

Implementing<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"Food,The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention\u2019s Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)<\/a> aims to build economic security, improve health outcomes and contribute to community-based research literature to address those affected by inequity in North Carolina. FFORC also partners with<\/a> Habitat for Humanity, Fairview Watch, Mobycon, and the UNC Highway Safety Research Center, among others.<\/p>\n

Partnered to support community-led initiatives around active living, including developing and communicating active living plans, curricula, programs, workshops, and more.<\/p>\n

Strategizing<\/a>Implementing<\/a>Communicating<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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HOPE NC<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n\"HopeHOPE (Housing Options for People with Exceptionalities) North Carolina<\/a> seeks to address the critical need for housing options for people who experience disabilities by creating safe, affordable, inclusive communities where people of all abilities and ages engage with each other and experience a sense of belonging. The growing non-profit aims to develop its housing and transportation efforts through a Collective Impact framework. In partnership with the CPL and many cross-sector partners, they hope to create IDEAL (inclusive, diverse, engaging, affordable, and lifelong) communities for people who experience disabilities. HOPE NC\u2019s inclusive communities will be intergenerational, with a percentage of the units reserved for older adults.<\/p>\n

Partnered to develop and coordinate HOPE NC’s IDEAL Communities initiative. The CPL also serves on HOPE NC’s steering committee to provide aging-related consultation.<\/p>\n

Coaching<\/a>Implementing<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Contact us<\/a> to learn more about partnering with the CPL to innovate and develop community initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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