With support from the Open Society Foundations’ Campaign for Black Male Achievement, NLC will provide up to six cities with technical assistance as they seek to improve education, work and family outcomes for black men and boys.
NLC First Vice President Chris Coleman, mayor of St. Paul, MN, addressed more than 500 national and community leaders at the press release of a groundbreaking new compendium of studies on the impact of quality afterschool and summer learning programs.
With a generous grant provided by The Atlantic Philanthropies through its national KidsWell Initiative, the YEF Institute has launched a new, three-year project to help municipal leaders increase children's access to health insurance coverage.
A new report published by CFED and NLC highlights six no-cost or low-cost ideas for how city officials can get started in helping more families in their community achieve financial stability.
With a $1.5 million grant from The Walmart Foundation, NLC’s Institute for Youth, Education and Families has launched the second phase of a national initiative to reduce childhood hunger by expanding participation in federally-subsidized afterschool and summer meals programs.
As part of an initiative supported by the Lumina Foundation to help communities boost local college completion rates, NLC has expanded its Postsecondary Success City Action Network to 18 cities across the country.
City, school and community leaders from 17 cities gathered in Denver recently to share ideas and lessons learned in the development of “reengagement centers,” one of the newest and most exciting models for helping dropouts come back to school and thereby boosting high school graduation rates.
With support from the Open Society Foundations Campaign for Black Male Achievement and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, NLC recently convened local leaders from 18 cities to discuss two new initiatives to expand opportunities for young men of color.
The Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute), a special entity within the National League of Cities (NLC), helps municipal leaders take action on behalf of the children, youth and families in their communities.
