CACC regularly communicates about higher education's commitment to public and community service with:

• Legislators
• Corporations
• Foundations
• Community-based organizations
• The media

These stakeholders regularly express pleasant surprise and enthusiastic support for the work of our member campuses.

CACC's reputation as a national leader in civic engagement and service learning also provides many opportunities to highlight California campuses with national audiences.

CACC assists member campuses in making links between:

1. service-learning / civic engagement efforts, and
2. larger institutional priorities (such as retention of students, multicultural education, community relations, and workforce development)

In doing so, we not only advance the civic engagement movement, but also help address other important institutional challenges.

CACC has distributed approximately a half million in grants to member campuses over the past 7 years, despite executive leadership changes and consistent budget tightening.

CACC regularly facilitates and encourages cross-campus networking and collaboration among faculty, staff and other campus leaders.

CACC is one of very few state-based membership organizations that intentionally includes members from all sectors of higher education.

CACC provides a variety of professional development and technical assistance services, which have reached over 10,000 faculty, staff, administrators, students, community organizations and community residents since 1988.

Examples include our Faculty Institutes, Engaged Department Institutes and Chief Academic Officer gatherings; on site consultations, including in-service workshops for faculty, staff and community partners; special events and focus group coordination on timely topics; complimentary publications; and our resource e-mail newsletter.

CACC annually awards the Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence & Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education in recognition of significant contributions made to the development of partnerships between an institution of higher education and the communities surrounding the campus.