Initiatives
Available Opportunities
We support leaders with improving their local government and communities. Explore this page to find unique opportunities for your city, town or village.
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Keep up with all of NLC’s current initiatives to learn how to meet the needs of your community.
Future of Cities
Improving Community Health and Resilience through the Arts
Youth Excel: Cities Advancing Equitable Youth Economic Recovery and Empowerment
2021 Vacant Property Leadership Institute
Building Climate Change Resilience
Building Equitable Systems Begins with Infants and Toddlers
CHAMPS: Cities Combating Hunger
Cities Addressing Fines and Fees Equitably (CAFFE)
Cities Connecting Children to Nature
City Cultural Diversity Awards
City Inclusive Entrepreneurship Network (CIE)
City Leadership for Building an Early Learning Nation
Community Conversations on Race
Council on Youth, Education and Families
Economic Mobility and Opportunity
Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Technical Assistance Program
Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative
Good Jobs, Great Cities
Healthy Housing Local Action Challenge
Help Desk on Shared Equity Homeownership
Housing Supply Accelerator
Jail Reduction Strategies
Juvenile Justice Reform
Lead and Copper Rule Series
Leadership in Community Resilience
Military Communities Council
NLC + ecoAmerica: Elevating Local Climate Action
NLC COVID-19 Pandemic Response
NLC Reengagement Network
Re-engaging Students in the Time of COVID-19
Ready to Rebuild
Reimagining Public Safety
Small Cities Month
Southern Cities Economic Inclusion: Expanding Capacity, Building Resilience
Strong Southern Communities Initiative
Sustainability and Resilience
Tax Policy
The Disaster Recovery Program
Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation
Urban Innovation
Using Wastewater to Detect COVID-19 and other Pathogens
Women in Municipal Government Leadership Award
Young Municipal Leaders (YML)
Constituency Groups
