Sign Up Today for Certificate Program in Real Estate Development for Faith-Based Organizations
November 17, 2016
Contact: Public Affairs
Phone: 410.837.5739
There is still time for Baltimore-area faith-based groups to register to be part of the second cohort of the Faith-Based Development Certificate Program, a collaboration between the University of Baltimore's Schaefer Center for Public Policy and Enterprise Community Partners.
To be considered for the program, organizations must compete a Program Intake Assessment Form, which will be processed by Enterprise Community Partners and the Schaefer Center in order to facilitate training and program content. The assessment forms are due by Nov. 18. Click here to fill out the form. The program fee is $1,000 per organization.
The Schaefer Center's work leverages three decades of experience in analyzing local issues and preparing professionals to lead nonprofits, government agencies and public-sector organizations. The Center collaborated with Enterprise to launch the certificate program in 2015 to address one of Baltimore's most persistent issues—affordable housing. The program shows faith-based groups in the Baltimore area how to develop their real estate holdings as affordable housing or community facilities. The inaugural class of 12 participants, from four faith-based organizations, went through five monthly training sessions and received technical assistance on a range of topics, eventually earning certification from the center.
Enterprise began its Faith-Based Development Initiative in the Washington region 10 years ago. FBDI provides intellectual and capital resources to support houses of worship in developing affordable housing and other needed community facilities that help create stable communities of opportunity. The certificate program brings together technical and financial experts with teams from Baltimore's houses of worship and other faith-based organization, with the goal of enabling a faith-based organization to navigate the development process.
Learn more about the Schaefer Center for Public Policy.
Learn more about Enterprise Community Partners and its Faith-Based Development Initiative.