The mission of University-Community Partnerships (UCP) is to increase the capacity of MSU faculty and local communities to address a wide variety of important societal issues by:
- Facilitating multi-disciplinary collaborations (faculty-to-faculty and community-to-faculty)
- Engaging in community-based research and evaluation
- Advancing models of evidence-based practice to resolve issues important to individuals, families, groups, neighborhoods, and communities
What do you want to do?
If you are a MSU faculty or staff member, we can help you:
- Establish partnerships with community groups
- Collaborate with faculty and staff from other departments on community-based research
- Find support for community-based research initiatives
If you are a community partner, we can help you:
- The Capable Communities Web site explains and demonstrates in depth an outcome- and asset-based model for community development that was created by University-Community Partnership's staff for human services professionals, faculty members, and community organizers.
- Between 1998 and 2005, UCP published a series of 34 Best Practice Briefs as a way to summarize research-based information about human service concepts, processes, models, and tools for funders, policy makers, and service organizations. Topics ranged widely, from community mapping to full service schools, home visiting for young children, violence prevention, and welfare-to-work transitions.
