| Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, will utilize a $399,920 Community Outreach Partnership Centers grant to further Vanderbilt University's service learning mission by working with residents of Northwest Nashville (NWN) to improve their community. Through a series of meetings with NWM residents, church leaders, community organizations, and local police and government, Vanderbilt University identified three focus areas: crime prevention, community organizing, and healthcare/disease prevention. The Vanderbilt University Child and Family Policy Center will work in partnership with other Vanderbilt University schools and departments, and a variety of community organizations to affect real in the three focus areas and to ensure the sustainability of the changes into the next generations of NWN residents.
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