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Purposeful Partnerships

Duke Community Affairs forges purposeful partnerships with our neighbors to improve health and well-being in communities.

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Community Engaged-Scholarship

Collaborating with community partners to address societal challenges.

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The Partnership Platform

A digital data resource for campus and community partners.

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Duke-Durham Partnerships

The Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership was launched in 1996.

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Duke HomeGrown

HomeGrown is Duke's institution-wide commitment to helping people in our community get ahead – through better jobs, more opportunities for local businesses, and making it easier for families to stay in the community they call home. We’re working alongside partners across the entire community to build a better future with a total commitment of $203 million to the Durham and Triangle community over the next three years.

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Our Focus Areas

Duke Community Affairs (DCA) is a hub for community engagement activities and partnerships across the university and health system. Our partnerships are guided by the community-informed focus areas of the Strategic Community Impact Plan (SCIP) and their corresponding goals:

Community and Non-profit Support

Neighborhoods, Housing, and Infrastructure

Economic Mobility, College Access, and Career Readiness

Education, Early Childhood, and School Readiness

Health, Nutrition, and Food Security

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Making Meaningful Impact

invested in local nonprofits in 2023

affordable homes and units created in 2024 through Neighborhoods, Housing, and Infrastructure Partnerships

in medical financial assistance for patients through Duke Health for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024

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How Duke and StepUp Durham Create Pathways from Barriers to Careers

Through coaching, workforce training and support, 33 StepUp Durham participants since 2019 have found stable employment at Duke

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Durham Colored Library Begins New Chapter, with New Name, at Duke

Mellon Foundation Provides Three-Year Grant to Launch “DCL at Duke”

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This Is What Community Looks Like

How Duke and partners are supporting families through community schools

A Duke Pediatrician’s Gift of Trees is Helping Fight Heat and Planting Hope

Dr. Clay Bordley is passionate about growing trees to help restore Durham’s tree canopy.

Get Involved in Community Partnerships

Learn more about the many ways to get involved in community partnerships at Duke, in Durham, and throughout North Carolina.

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Community-Engaged Scholarship

Community partners and Duke faculty, staff, and students collaboratively and sustainably address pressing societal challenges.

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Dig Into the Data

Explore a map of Duke's community-engaged partnerships and initiatives, apply for grant funding on the Partnership Platform

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