UCF Center for Community Schools

College of Community Innovation and Education

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Working Together. Realizing Potential.
The center and partner organizations work together to help students realize their greatest potential.

The UCF Center for Community Schools is dedicated to the development and sustainability of high-quality community schools. The center serves as a comprehensive resource for schools in Florida, across the nation and around the world by offering the following services.

2019-20 Community School Grant Program

Up to 12 planning grants of $75,000 each will be awarded to schools for the 2019-20 school year. Each grant requires a 25% match.

Application deadline
July 31, 2019, by 11:59pm

Community Partnership Schools™ Model

The UCF Center for Community Schools promotes the development of community partnerships that include four core partners — a school district, a university or college, a community-based nonprofit, and a healthcare provider, as well as others. This approach is named the Community Partnership Schools™ model.

The partners work together to provide a community school with a wide variety of academic support and enrichment opportunities as well as primary medical, dental and behavioral healthcare for the students, the students’ families and the surrounding community.

The center oversees a rigorous certification process to ensure best practices at Community Partnership Schools. Currently, there are two UCF-Certified Community Partnership Schools in Florida, with many others seeking certification.

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