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.
Currently in Progress
Keep up with all of NLC’s current initiatives to learn how to meet the needs of your community.
2024-25 Eviction Prevention Learning Lab
Afterschool and Summer Learning
Afterschool Policy Advisors Network
Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials (APAMO)
Building Climate Change Resilience
Building Equitable Systems Begins with Infants and Toddlers
Capstone Challenge Series
CHAMPS: Cities Combating Hunger
Cities Addressing Fines and Fees Equitably (CAFFE)
Cities of Opportunity
City Cultural Diversity Awards
City Inclusive Entrepreneurship Network (CIE)
Civic Mapping Initiative
Community Conversations on Race
Connecting Adults to Postsecondary and Workforce Success
Council on Youth, Education and Families
Early Learning Nation
Economic Mobility and Opportunity
Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Technical Assistance Program
Empowering Local Authority: Advocating for Responsible Preemption
Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative
Future of Cities
Good Jobs, Great Cities
Grant Opportunity: Advancing Economic Mobility
Help Desk on Shared Equity Homeownership
Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO)
Housing & Community Development
Housing Supply Accelerator
Improving Community Health and Resilience through the Arts
Jail Reduction Strategies
Juvenile Justice Reform
Lead and Copper Rule Series
Leadership in Community Resilience
Local Infrastructure Hub Initiative
Military Communities Council
Municipal Strategies to Promote Workforce Success for People with Disabilities
National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO)
Nature Everywhere Communities
NLC + ecoAmerica: Elevating Local Climate Action
NLC AI Advisory Committee
NLC COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Ready to Rebuild
Reconnecting Opportunity Youth and Young Adults
Reimagining Public Safety
Small Cities Month
Southern Cities Economic Initiative
Strong Southern Communities Initiative
Student Reengagement
Sustainability and Resilience
Take The Healthy Housing Local Action Challenge
Tax Policy
The Disaster Recovery Program
The State and Local Collaborative to Support an Inclusive Workforce for the Electric Vehicle Charging Sector
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)
Youth Excel: Cities Advancing Equitable Youth Economic Recovery and Empowerment
Constituency Groups
