| The University of Notre Dame and its community partners intend to use its COPC grant to establish a COPC to serve northeast South Bend, Indiana. Home to a diverse group of nearly 7,000 residents, the northeast neighborhood faces issues of poverty, violence, low educational achievement, underemployment, and inadequate housing. As potential solutions, the Notre Dame COPC partners propose to establish projects that will include: 1) a youth mentoring initiative providing violence prevention training, educational tutoring, and recreational opportunities for children and teens; 2) an adult education job training and placement program for at-risk young adults and un/underemployed adults; and 3) a lead education and hazard control program for targeting area housing and children.
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