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The Orange Dot Report, a local study by Piedmont Virginia Community College and the Center for Community Partnerships at UVA, reinforces this trend. Between the 2011 report and 2024 report, the number of financially unstable households in Charlottesville stayed largely constant…

The Center for Community Partnerships at UVA is a proud member of the National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships (NNERPP) at Rice University. Click to read our feature in the network's annual yearbook, which includes stories of impact from Research-Practice…

Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Center for Community Partnerships have released The State of Gun Violence in Charlottesville & Albemarle. This data-driven report combines local statistics with community perspectives to illuminate the complex realities of gun violence…

In 2023, the Center was awarded an Institutional Challenge Grant to develop a research-practice partnership (RPP) with Albemarle County Public Schools, aiming to reduce barriers to college and career readiness for youth of color and youth from low-income backgrounds in the local…

Jesse Brookins, Albemarle County Director of Equity and Inclusion, sat down with NBC29 anchor Erin Brown to discuss the first unified Charlottesville and Albemarle County Community Wellbeing Profile, a collaboration between the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the…

Charlottesville Deputy City Manager for Social Equity Ashley Marshall discussed the education findings from the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Community Wellbeing Profile, released in collaboration between the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the Center for…

Director of Community-Centered Analysis Michele Claibourn discussed the health findings from the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Community Wellbeing Profile, released in collaboration between the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the Center for Community…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Albemarle County, the City of Charlottesville, and the Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Virginia have released the 2025 Albemarle County and Charlottesville Community Wellbeing Profiles, offering updated, data-rich insights into the…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - As the school year ramps up so do educators’ preparations for standardized testing. In Virginia, that means SOL prep, and as Commonwealth leaders look for ways to improve student performance, researchers at UVA have been tracking the factors outside…

When Virginia Delegate Katrina Callsen took the floor during the 2025 General Assembly session to introduce a bold bill expanding access to advanced math coursework for middle schoolers, she brought research—not just rhetoric—with her. That research came from specialists at the…