Leveraging Community Colleges
for Homeland Security

The League for Innovation in the Community College is distinctively positioned as the national leader in communication strategies for community colleges. With its national conferences, publications, projects, and web resources, the League for Innovation in the Community College is well situated to champion a Homeland Security Initiative and to leverage its significant Board College presence to carry the message practically and politically. Moreover, the League for Innovation in the Community College will use its reach to create multiple methods to document and share the various delivery systems already in place and currently in development. Finally, the League for Innovation in the Community College's strategic partnerships place it well to address the certification models in use. Of particular interest is how the League for Innovation in the Community College can facilitate the improvement of existing certification and foster the development of new certification around Homeland Security. In this effort, the League for Innovation in the Community College will leverage its work with ETS and The Chauncey Group International.

The League for Innovation in the Community College's Homeland Security Initiative will (1) increase the communication about community colleges' commitment to and role in Homeland Security education and training, (2) showcase and facilitate community colleges' delivery models, and (3) improve existing and develop new curricula and certifications in community colleges.

	Produce articles, participate in strategic meetings, and support efforts to create better mutual awareness for community colleges in Homeland Security efforts.
	Support a national audit of homeland-security-related programs and delivery systems to create a typology of these programs, a web showcase of the typology, and national conference physical showcase of the various programs. A special focus will include creating connections with Project SAIL, thereby facilitating a curriculum-program exchange system.
	Support a national dialogue and documentation of current and emerging certification models. A special focus will be on honing existing certification, fostering and refining new certification, and ensuring that certification efforts lead to portable credentials that facilitate building careers for participants.