The Forum for Policy Research and Public Service is  affiliated with the Rutgers-Camden Department of Public Policy and Administration. The forum is charged with the following mission:

1.  to conduct fundamental multidisciplinary research on issues of concern to southern New Jersey, the state, and nation

2.  to enhance the professional skills of graduate students in the Department of Public Policy and Administration by exposing them to significant management activities and tasks

3.  to assist public and nonprofit managers with research support and graduate student interns

4.  to provide the public with information on the activities of governments in southern New Jersey and the Delaware Valley

5.  to keep contact with graduate alumni of the Department of Public Policy and Administration and to advance their professional growth and development

6.  to train public and nonprofit managers in southern New Jersey and the Delaware Valley in state-of-the-art management techniques by means of noncredit short courses

7.  to participate in grant opportunities as university partners with public and nonprofit agencies

The Forum for Policy Research and Public Service is located at 401 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ 08102 (856/ 225-6311).