Community Development programs focused on four areas:
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Organizational Capacity Building
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- Education as a means to help people identify assets, capacities, needs, resources, and solutions
- Civic involvement (or participation) to improve the quality of community/neighborhood life
- Internal and external collaborations and partnerships
- The uniqueness of individuals and communities/neighborhoods
- The applied and theoretical dimensions of community development
- The development of viable communities through the wise use of natural, economic, social, and human resources
- Information and knowledge as a basis for decisions