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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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Available Opportunities
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Keep up with all of NLC’s current initiatives to learn how to meet the needs of your community.
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Future of Cities
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Improving Community Health and Resilience through the Arts
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Youth Excel: Cities Advancing Equitable Youth Economic Recovery and Empowerment
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2024 Presidential Election: Local Voices. National Elections.
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2024 Summer of Savings and Solutions
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2024-25 Eviction Prevention Learning Lab
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Afterschool and Summer Learning
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Afterschool Policy Advisors Network
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Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials (APAMO)
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Building Climate Change Resilience
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Building Equitable Systems Begins with Infants and Toddlers
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Capstone Challenge Series
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CHAMPS: Cities Combating Hunger
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Cities Addressing Fines and Fees Equitably (CAFFE)
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Cities of Opportunity
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City Cultural Diversity Awards
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City Inclusive Entrepreneurship Network (CIE)
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Civic Mapping Initiative
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Community Conversations on Race
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Connecting Adults to Postsecondary and Workforce Success
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Council on Youth, Education and Families
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Early Learning Nation
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Economic Mobility and Opportunity
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Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Technical Assistance Program
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Empowering Local Authority: Advocating for Responsible Preemption
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Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative
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Good Jobs, Great Cities
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Grant Opportunity: Advancing Economic Mobility
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Help Desk on Shared Equity Homeownership
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Hispanic Elected Local Officials (HELO)
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Housing & Community Development
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Housing Supply Accelerator
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Jail Reduction Strategies
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Juvenile Justice Reform
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Lead and Copper Rule Series
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Leadership in Community Resilience
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Local Infrastructure Hub Initiative
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Military Communities Council
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Municipal Strategies to Promote Workforce Success for People with Disabilities
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National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBC-LEO)
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Nature Everywhere Communities
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NLC + ecoAmerica: Elevating Local Climate Action
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NLC AI Advisory Committee
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NLC COVID-19 Pandemic Response
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Ready to Rebuild
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Reconnecting Opportunity Youth and Young Adults
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Reimagining Public Safety
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Small Cities Month
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Southern Cities Economic Inclusion: Expanding Capacity, Building Resilience
![family picnic](https://www.nlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/family-picnic-featured-1280x853.png)
Strong Southern Communities Initiative
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Student Reengagement
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Sustainability and Resilience
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Take The Healthy Housing Local Action Challenge
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Tax Policy
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The Disaster Recovery Program
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The State and Local Collaborative to Support an Inclusive Workforce for the Electric Vehicle Charging Sector
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Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation
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Urban Innovation
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Using Wastewater to Detect COVID-19 and other Pathogens
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Women in Municipal Government Leadership Award
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Young Municipal Leaders (YML)
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Constituency Groups
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