Five Ways Local Leaders Can Support Their Residents with a Better FAFSA

By:
  1. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
  2. Patrick Hain

Celebrating Second Chance Month: The Crucial Role of City Leaders in Reintegration Efforts

By:
  1. Yucel Ors

SLFRF Portal Updates for April 2024

By:
  1. Michael Gleeson

Second Chance Month: Centering Lived Experience in Violence Intervention

By:
  1. Maryam Ahmed
  2. Kirby Gaherty

3 Takeaways from the Mayors’ Education Task Force Panel at Congressional City Conference

By:
  1. Lindsay Rapkin

Simplifying Grant Compliance for All Municipalities

By:
  1. Michael Gleeson

Four Key Strategies for Leveraging Federal Workforce Investments

By:
  1. Michael Bartlett

How Louisville Is Leveraging Tax Time to Increase Financial Stability

NLC Launches Program to Provide Environmental Justice Technical Assistance to Communities

By:
  1. Peyton Siler Jones
  2. Ayesha Mehrotra

Community Violence Intervention Funding Opportunities for Local Leaders

By:
  1. Yucel Ors

Hopeful Horizons: Local Leaders Sound Off on Week of the Young Child

By:
  1. Lara Burt

City Fiscal Conditions: How Municipal Expenditures Changed In the Post-Pandemic Era

By:
  1. Ivonne Montes Diaz
  2. Farhad Kaab Omeyr

Narrowing the Racial Wealth Divide: Supporting the Homeownership Journey

By:
  1. Diana Goldsmith
  2. Stephanie Onuaja

Navigating OSHA’s Proposed Emergency Response Rule: Financial Challenges for Local Governments & Their Fire Departments

By:
  1. Yucel Ors

Navigating New Horizons: The Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Reentry

By:
  1. Tomeka Lee
  2. Tony McCright, Jr.

Big Day for NLC and Municipal Governments: Final Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Grants Guidance Released

By:
  1. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
  2. Michael Gleeson

How AI Can Support Cities’ Sustainability Goals

By:
  1. Julia Glickman
  2. Christopher Jordan

How Wastewater Monitoring is Helping Keep a Transient Population Healthy

Wastewater Monitoring Success Stories: Riverside, CA

Using Wastewater to Protect Our Communities From COVID-19 and Other Pathogens

Congress Resolves Threat of a Government Shutdown with Mixed Outcomes for Local Government Priorities

By:
  1. Michael Wallace

5 Strategies for Developing a Local Green Jobs Plan

By:
  1. McKinzie McGuire

How City Prosecutorial Dashboards Impact Incarceration

By:
  1. Ian Grice

How Cities Can Grow the Building Retrofit Workforce

By:
  1. Kelly Aves

Unlocking the Power of Data at the Healthy Housing Symposium

Good Jobs, Great Cities Spotlight: Monroe, NC

By:
  1. McKinzie McGuire

The Sun is Going Away! How Municipalities are Preparing for the 2024 Solar Eclipse

By:
  1. Kyle Funk

Women’s History Month 2024: Celebrating the Success of Women in Municipal Government 

By:
  1. Clarence E. Anthony

Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Impacting Elected Officials and Use of Social Media

By:
  1. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman

Apply Now: Navigating the Clean Ports Program Funding

How Cities Connecting Children to Nature Led to the Launch of Nature Everywhere

By:
  1. Andrew Moore
  2. Melanie Robinson
  3. Vera Feeny

Register Now for NLCU Spring Courses

Top 5 Moments from Congressional City Conference

By:
  1. Melissa Williams

NLC AI Advisory Committee

Members Only

From the Event: Local Strategies for Advancing Safety

Civic Mapping Initiative

Civic Mapping Initiative – Head Start Transit Map

Civic Mapping Initiative – Community & Technical Colleges Transit Map

Local Governments Prioritizing Housing Stability Led Cities and Towns from Pandemic Front Lines to Strong and Equitable Recovery

By:
  1. Michael Wallace
  2. Lauren Lowery
  3. Stephanie Onuaja
  4. Becky O’Meara, MSW
  5. Lourdes Aceves, MPP

Using ARPA Funds to Invest in Workers and Businesses to Build New Pathways to Economic Competitiveness

By:
  1. Patrick Hain
  2. Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman
  3. Michael Bartlett
  4. Corianne Rice

Centennial Roadshow Stop #1: Lawrence, Kansas, the Birthplace of NLC 

By:
  1. Clarence E. Anthony

How ARPA Funds Helped Stabilize Budgets & Investment in Municipal Services

By:
  1. Farhad Kaab Omeyr
  2. Julia Bauer
  3. Ivonne Montes Diaz

ARPA 3-Year Anniversary: Documenting the Success of Direct Federal Aid to Cities and Towns

By:
  1. Julia Bauer
  2. Patrick Rochford
  3. Christine Baker-Smith
  4. Michael Wallace

Bipartisan Support for CR Overcomes Shutdown Proponents, Reduces Likelihood of Deep Cuts to Grant Programs

By:
  1. Michael Wallace

Making Women’s History: NLC’s Small Cities Council Breaking Barriers with All-Women Leadership Team  

By:
  1. Ebone Clifton

Opioids: How Settlement Dollars Advance City & County Opioid Abatement

Cities EMERGING On Emerging Technologies

By:
  1. Julia Bauer
  2. Kyle Funk
  3. Julia Glickman
  4. Patrick Rochford

2023 Capstone Challenge Report 

How Guaranteed Income Programs Can Help Cities Narrow the Racial Wealth Divide

By:
  1. Diana Goldsmith
  2. Jordyn Battle

Members Only

Cities in Action: Operationalizing Equity with GIS-Based Strategic Equity Plans