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Grants Awarded | 2008-2009 GLF/ UNC-CH Outreach Collaborative
The Golden Leaf Foundation is pleased to announce that the
following North Carolina
non profits and government entities have been awarded community assistance initiative awards during the current grant cycle.
| Grantee | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Contact | Dr. Tony Waldrop
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
104 Airport Drive, Suite 2200
CB#1350
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350
Tel: 919-966-3411
Fax: 919-962-5011
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| Project Title | Appalachian State University - UNC School of Government: A Partnership to Build Capacity in Economically Struggling Rural Communities |
| Grant Amount | $764,348 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to support a three-year "proof of concept" referred to as the North Carolina Local Government Service Corps. The pilot phase will assist some of the most economically distressed communities in the state by deploying four Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduates from SOG and ASU into the service of up to 12 of North Carolina's rural, economically distressed communities for a period of two years to provide hands-on economic development and capacity building assistance to those communities. |
| Service Area |
Tier I Economically Distressed Counties
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| Grantee | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Contact | Dr. Tony Waldrop
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
104 Airport Drive, Suite 2200
CB#1350
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350
Tel: 919-966-3411
Fax: 919-962-5011
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| Project Title | Expanded Student Teams Achieving Results (STAR) |
| Grant Amount | $331,000 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to expand the Student Teams Achieving Results (STAR) program at UNC-Chapel Hill. Funds will be used to support combined MBA and corporate management teams, guided by faculty and industry advisors, as they work with company representatives to build strategies designed to improve and expand business activity in rural communities. The expansion of the program will broaden the parameters of fielded projects, engage undergraduate students as well as graduate students from other universities and disciplines, and extend the timing of the assistance to provide year-round as well as ongoing engagement for STAR clients. The grant will support 20 STAR projects and 3 summer intern teams. |
| Service Area |
85 Rural Counties
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| Grantee | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Contact | Dr. Tony Waldrop
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
104 Airport Drive, Suite 2200
CB#1350
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350
Tel: 919-966-3411
Fax: 919-962-5011
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| Project Title | Report from UNC-CH on Rural Health in North Carolina for the Golden LEAF Foundation |
| Grant Amount | $91,638 |
| Project Description | The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to engage the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill to prepare a report on issues in rural health. The report will address current gaps/unmet needs, complement other efforts currently under way in the state, and present options for consideration by Golden LEAF consistent with the Foundation's economic development mission. |
| Service Area |
Rural counties with special emphasis on Tier I counties
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Golden LEAF Foundation
301 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
252-442-7474 phone 252-442-7404 fax 888-684-8404 toll free
www.goldenleaf.org
email: info@goldenleaf.org
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