The University will form a COPC to "integrate and expand the University’s numerous outreach and applied research activities in Muncie-Delaware County" (taken from the COPC grant proposal). The McKinley and Industry neighborhoods, located on Muncie’s east side, have been selected as the targeted areas, as they have some of the highest poverty statistics in the county.

The COPC program at Ball State will initiate activities that will accomplish the following six main goals:

1. The development of a COPC Outreach Center. This center will be located in the core of the city, so that it is accessible by foot and public transportation to the target neighborhoods. The center will enhance University-Community relationships, coordinate activities, and develop new partnerships.
2. Neighborhood support initiative. A Neighborhood Support Advisory Board will be established to help with the revitalization and stabilization of the neighborhoods near the core, and revitalizing the existing housing that remains. One of the focuses of this activity will be on landscaping of the target areas, to help enhance the aesthetics of the community. Another main focus of this activity will be the establishment of a fair housing program. A Fair Housing Information Center will be established to help keep housing issues in the city fair for all involved.
3. Homelessness study. Working with service providers a study will be done to obtain a reasonably accurate count of homeless people in Muncie, and to compile non-intrusive demographic data about them.
4. Employment opportunity initiative. The targeted areas will be worked with in an attempt to help those left under-employed as a result of the loss of manufacturing jobs in the area in the recent past. A large portion of this work will be done with Ivy Tech, who will set up programs to help give new job training to those who need it.
5. Core revitalization study. This activity will focus on plans to continue revitalization of Muncie’s core, and to provide pedestrian paths and other linkages to connect the heart of the city, the older surrounding neighborhoods, and Ball State’s main campus.
6. Citizen education and leadership training. For this activity, the completion of demographic profiling and web page development for all the target areas will be done. The city’s neighborhood website will also be enhanced and an economic database will be developed to be used for marketing and informational purposes.