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The Center for the Study of Cooperatives and the C.H. Kirkman, Jr. Resources Library for Cooperatives


Each program is set up to “Enhance Economic Opportunity and Quality of Life for District Residents” and “Strengthening Children, Youth, Families and Individuals,” “Building and Sustaining Healthy Neighborhoods,” and “Promoting Economic Development in the District of Columbia.”

PROGRAM:  The Center for the Study of Cooperatives and the C.H. Kirkman, Jr. Resource Library for Cooperatives:

The purpose for the development of the Center for Cooperatives and the C.H. Kirkman, Jr. Resource library for Cooperatives is to facilitate the revitalization and stabilization of low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, commercial and industrial areas in the District of Columbia, through a local and national cooperative support network, an interdisciplinary research, education, training, technical assistance and community service.

Objectives for the Center for Cooperatives

  • Develop and implement a series of information, technical assistance and training programs to reach and improve the lives of 20,000 District residents who reside in 200 co-ops, credit unions and other co-ops annually, on critical issues within their co-ops such as orientation to the world of cooperatives, organizational and leadership development and  financial literacy;
  • Collaborate with 20 agencies and key individuals to expand the service delivery system to 20,000  co-op members through the development  of video tapes, webpage and links, and resource library support system;
  • Develop and maintain an advisory committee to gain stakeholders/customer input, ideas, and programs needed to meet their needs;
  • Develop and implement an annual awards program to recognize two DC Co-ops and two key individuals promoting co-ops in the District of Columbia; and,
  • Promote local co-op membership in national co-op organizations, and publish research, best practices and good stories about local co-ops.

 

 
 

Community Economic Development Program


The purpose of this program is to improve the economic well-being of District residents, their families and communities through strategies involving business and economic development, community resource development, organizational leadership development and public/private partnerships.  Through these strategies the program will insure that District residents receive the critical information, skills and support services needed to successfully address obstacles to improving the quality of their lives, to becoming involved in lifelong learning, and to become competitive in the world marketplace.

Objectives for the Community Economic Development

  • Expand our collaborations with programs, organization and key individuals that are working with re-entry efforts to serve 1,000 DC ex-offenders and their families;
  • Work with the Main Street Economic Development activities to improve business development in the 12 main business corridors;
  • Support the development of new businesses by offering a community business entry-level training series, offering classes in Entrepreneurship in the UDC School of Business and Public Administration and internships with the MD/DC Minority Suppliers development Counsel and the A. Phillip Randolph Foundation;
  • Develop and offer a five-phase series in business development and run an incubator service through the creation of a collaboration with the UDC School of Business and Public Administration, using the CEDP Small Business Series as  their entry-level information course for the general public and to create 20 new corporations per year;
  • Collaborate with a series of community-level business incubators and limited-equity investment corporations to expand business development among disadvantaged Districts individuals; 
  • Develop and implement a series of information, technical assistance and training programs to reach and improve the lives of 1,000 District residents, annually, on critical issues such as housing, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, economic development, environmental justice and transportation;
  • Develop and maintain an advisory committee to gain stakeholders/customer feedback, ideas, and programs to meet their needs;
  • Develop and implement intergenerational program for 1,000 District youth and seniors annually on critical issues such as housing, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, economic development, environmental justice and transportation; and,
  • Promote national research on issues of community economic development for the purpose of advocating best practices.
 
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