Supporting COPC
How to Support COPC
We welcome the opportunity to partner with you to make a difference in Orange County. COPC program activities emphasize applied research projects that offer real-world professional development opportunities for UC Irvine students, help to address local issues and regional concerns, cultivate a new generation of community-minded professionals, and expand research to the public arena. These activities include:
Community Scholars Program: The Community Scholars Program was established 2003 to support requests from the non-profit sector for information and technical assistance in support of leadership and organizational capacity building efforts to achieve greater equity in their community and neighborhood development service and advocacy efforts.
COPC Sponsored Courses: Students work in groups under the direction of a faculty member to apply classroom knowledge to "real world" planning problems that benefit local communities. Past projects have included writing successful grant proposals to support the expansion of youth service programs in the City of Costa Mesa, and help establish the first public foreclosure counseling program through the Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County. More recent efforts have involved developing neighborhood improvement strategy reports to support community building and advocacy efforts around green spaces in the city of Santa Ana.
Support from diverse sources including corporate, foundations, and individual donors help sustain and enhance COPC program efforts. We hope you will consider becoming a COPC sponsor.
Please direct all funding inquiries to:
Director of Development
5300 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697-7050