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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 approach.

CPL Partners

The CPL is actively involved in the ongoing implementation of community initiatives with several long-term partners:

Marian Cheek Jackson Center

The 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.

Partnered for community aging consulting and LINK program coordination and evaluation.

Orange County Department on Aging

The 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.

Partnered for coordination and evaluation of the Master Aging Plan and development of policy recommendations and community resources.

Orange County Housing Department

Orange County Housing Department LogoThe primary mission of the is to promote adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and a dignified living environment.

Partnered to administer and evaluate the Orange County Home Preservation Coalition (OCHPC). The CPL also disseminates research and leads workshops and trainings about the OCHPC model.聽

Habitat for Humanity Orange County

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.

Partnered to develop community engagement processes and support their implementation and evaluation. The CPL also disseminates research and leads workshops and trainings about Habitat’s new community engagement model.

Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition

Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition LogoThe 聽is 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.

Partnered to coordinate the Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition (OCAHC).

Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)

Food, Fitness, and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC) LogoThe 黑料网 Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention鈥檚 aims to build economic security, improve health outcomes and contribute to community-based research literature to address those affected by inequity in North Carolina. Habitat for Humanity, Fairview Watch, Mobycon, and the 黑料网 Highway Safety Research Center, among others.

Partnered to support community-led initiatives around active living, including developing and disseminating active living plans, curricula, programs, workshops, and more.

HOPE NC

Hope NC Logo: Community Reimagined 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鈥檚 inclusive communities will be intergenerational, with a percentage of the units reserved for older adults.

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.

Contact us to learn more about partnering with the CPL to innovate and develop community initiatives.