A report on the Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) Program of HUD, which is designed to help 2 and 4-year colleges and universities take the next step in developing and sustaining effective partnerships with local governments and others. COPC provides seed money that is enabling dozens of institutions to mobilize their unparalleled array of intellectual, physical, financial, and human capital in effective, often multi-disciplinary, community initiatives as well as to foster an abiding awareness of local partnerships throughout the university community. This report describes COPC and the many activities it has made possible.