{"id":249,"date":"2016-03-09T16:44:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T16:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/celts\/?page_id=249"},"modified":"2017-03-02T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T19:20:08","slug":"learn-serve-america-community-based-research-innovation-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/celts\/service-learning\/grants-and-awards\/learn-serve-america-community-based-research-innovation-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn and Serve America Community-Based Research Innovation Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From 2007 until 2009, CELTS received a Learn and Serve America innovation grant for \u201cEnergy and Empowerment in an Appalachian County,\u201d which served as an initiative to study energy needs and assets in Madison County. The integrated three-year, community-based research project helped bring together multiple community partner organizations and multiple academic departments with their specific expertise. This collaborative and coalition-based approach produced data focused toward the goals of improving financial security of low-income families in Madison County; benefiting the environment by reducing demand for coal-based electricity; and empowering community members to become actively involved in transforming the policies, infrastructure, assumptions and behaviors that drive energy use in Kentucky today. One of the goals of the project was to establish a model for a long-term, interdisciplinary CBR focus that involves multiple community partner organizations, faculty, and students all working on issues of energy and empowerment.\u00a0To this end, the grant strove to cultivate and support such projects alongside Energy and Empowerment Community-Based Research Grants (E&E Grants).<\/p>\n