Leadership Academies to Help Cities Expand Children’s Access to Health Insurance
NLC has selected 22 cities to attend two regional leadership academies on the development of citywide outreach campaigns that connect children with health insurance.
Family Economic Success
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Cities to Assist Families in Debt to Public Utilities
NLC has launched an innovative, two-year pilot program called Local Interventions for Financial Empowerment through Utility Payments (LIFT-UP) that seeks to help low-income families pay their utility bills and achieve financial stability.
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Cities to Participate in Leadership Academies on Reducing Childhood Hunger
NLC has selected 21 cities to participate in two upcoming regional leadership academies that will help them leverage federal funding to reduce childhood hunger.
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Children Receiving Meals After School Due to Cities’ Efforts
In the past year, 4,885 additional children in 11 cities have received healthy meals at local afterschool programs as a result of city efforts to leverage federal Afterschool Meal Program funding.
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Reducing Hunger through Afterschool and Summer Meals
With support from The Walmart Foundation, NLC has launched the second phase of a national initiative to reduce childhood hunger by expanding participation in federally-subsidized afterschool and summer meals programs.
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New Report Highlights Financial Empowerment Strategies
Drawing on the experiences of cities across the nation, a new report published by CFED and NLC highlights six no-cost or low-cost ideas for how city officials can help more families achieve financial stability.
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Webinar Recording: FDIC Findings on the Unbanked
The YEF Institute recently hosted a webinar about the implications of new findings from the FDIC for cities that are working to help families gain access to the financial mainstream.
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Cities and Family Economic Success
Family economic success strategies help working families move into the economic mainstream and strengthen local econmies. Clity officials implement programs and policy that enable local residents to build financial assets, connect with public benefits that alleviate poverty and overcome barriers to work.
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