TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SHOWCASE
Access Expertise, Resources and Insights
NLC offers a variety of programs to help local leaders support their communities. Browse the Showcase on display on the First Floor of the Conference Center for the duration of the Conference, and attend the Technical Assistance Fair on Saturday, November 16, from 9-10:30 AM in Ballroom B (First Floor) to speak directly with the technical assistance NLC staff teams in a roundtable format and learn more about how these opportunities could be a potential fit for your municipality’s needs.
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Early Childhood Success
Access Guidance and Support through Cities for Early Childhood Success
Equity starts early. Receive guidance and support to establish and strengthen local programs, policies and systems that improve outcomes for infants, toddlers and their families. Learn more on NLC.org.
Learn from Cities Elevating the Early Childhood Workforce
Hear how cities can ensure the professional, economic and financial well-being of the formal and informal early childhood workforce. Learn more on NLC.org.
Join the Early Learning Nation Collective
Learn how your city can connect with a growing network of local leaders focused on making sure that young children and their families flourish in the communities that surround them. Learn more on NLC.org.
Economic Opportunity & Financial Empowerment
Enrollment Open Soon: Advancing Economic Mobility Rapid Grant
Join a cohort that receives coaching and grant dollars to improve economic mobility for residents through small business development, workforce development, and by helping residents access public benefits. Learn more on NLC.org.
Join the Economic Mobility Peer Network
Network with a peer group to learn about promising strategies to boost economic mobility for residents by connecting every month with peers through webinars and other virtual engagements. Sign up now.
Access Municipal Support for Children’s Savings Accounts
Receive help to build or strengthen programs that help young children save for postsecondary education and build hope for the future. Learn more on NLC.org.
Enhance Municipal Financial Empowerment
Receive technical assistance to explore how cities across the country are implementing strategies to improve financial empowerment of families.
Municipal Strategies to Narrow the Racial Wealth Divide
Explore a resource designed to increase city leaders’ understanding of how to approach and design impactful strategies to reduce the racial wealth divide. Learn more on NLC.org.
Enroll Now in Southern Cities Economic Inclusion
Cities in the southern U.S can receive assistance and grant funding to implement data and evidence driven policies that expand and sustain the economic mobility of underserved businesses and residents. Learn more on NLC.org.
Education & Workforce Success
Enroll Now: Afterschool and Summer Youth Programs
Get one-on-one help with forming partnerships, seeking funding and expanding access to high-quality out-of-school programs. Learn more on NLC.org.
Enroll in Apprenticeship for Cities
Sign up to receive expert support in designing and launching apprenticeship programs for critical occupations within your local government. Learn more on NLC.org.
Learn about Workforce Development 101
Learn how municipal leaders can advance local workforce development strategies that connect residents to good quality jobs while meeting the needs of local employers. Learn more on NLC.org.
Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Learn from the Economic Recovery Corps
Learn from fellows who worked to accelerate economic recovery from the pandemic in distressed communities and regions throughout the U.S. Learn more.
Browse Racial Equity and Bond Markets Resources
Receive support to leverage municipal bond markets as a catalyst for changing racially inequitable conditions. Learn more on NLC.org.
Health & Well-being
Take the Healthy Housing Local Action Challenge
This ongoing program helps your municipality ensure all of your residents have a healthy place to call home. Learn more on NLC.org.
Join Cities of Opportunity Workshops and Cohorts
Join workshops and cohorts designed to equip city leaders with the tools they need to promote health, well-being and equity. Learn more on NLC.org.
Take the Wastewater Surveillance Self-Paced Course
Take this self-paced, 3-module course through NLC University designed to help local leaders understand and implement the benefits of wastewater surveillance programs for public health. Learn more on NLC.org.
Housing & Community Development
Access Housing Supply Accelerator Resources
Explore a resource designed to help communities navigate their housing supply challenges and embrace solutions and strategies to increase diverse, attainable and equitable housing options. Learn more on NLC.org.
Explore the Report: Ending Homelessness
Explore a resource designed to help communities understand the homelessness crisis facing US communities, why it’s happening, and how cities can work with partners to shape solutions. Learn more on NLC.org.
Infrastructure
Enroll Now in the Local Infrastructure Hub
Join more than 1,000 small and medium-size cities who have learned how to compete for federal infrastructure grants. Learn more at LocalInfrastructure.org.
Justice Initiatives
Enroll Now: Young Adult Community of Practice
Enroll in this ongoing network to learn promising practices and develop strategies with a racial equity lens that address the disproportionate arrests and incarceration of young adults. Learn more on NLC.org.
Enroll Now: City Justice Policy Advisors Network
Engage and collaborate with local leaders at the frontlines of justice reform, equity and public safety. Learn more on NLC.org.
Explore Municipalities Reimagining Community Safety
Explore the accomplishments and outcomes achieved by five cities that created a vision for safety that is both comprehensive and innovative. Learn more on NLC.org.
Pathways & Funding
Enroll in the Strong Southern Communities Affinity Network
Join a peer learning network for municipal leaders in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi that leverages data and federal funding to improve child and family outcomes. Learn more on NLC.org.
Race, Equity & Leadership
Join REAL Learning & Practice Journey Cohorts
Work in-depth with REAL to set a viable path and plan in place to transform policies, procedures, practices and programs to create better outcomes for all. Learn more on NLC.org.
Access REAL Technical Assistance
Get help from REAL team members and partners to support the elimination of disparities through equity policies, procedures, practices and programs. Learn more on NLC.org.
Sustainability & Innovation
Access the AI Toolkit and Report
The newly released report demystifies AI for local governments to help understand different kinds of AI and explore their applications in city services. It also delves into principles for responsible use of AI and provides numerous case studies of local governments harnessing AI to improve city services. Learn more on NLC.org.
Browse the City AI Governance Dashboard
Explore how cities are addressing AI challenges and opportunities through policies and practices. Learn more on NLC.org.
Access Federal Resources through Environmental Justice Thriving Communities
Learn how to access federal resources designed to address environmental justice challenges. Learn more on NLC.org.
Get Guidance from SolSmart
Receive guidance and support in streamlining and enhancing local practices and policies to support the uptake of solar panels in your community. Learn more on NLC.org.
Youth & Young Adult Connections
Enroll in the Nature Everywhere Challenge
Enroll in this ongoing program to receive recognition for the ways your city connects children to nature. Learn more on NLC.org.
Enroll in the NLC Re-engagement Network
Connect with other cities and their partners focused on supporting education and jobs for off-track young people. Learn more on NLC.org.
Learn about Reengaging Opportunity Youth in the South
Explore how Southern cities support attainment of high school and postsecondary credentials for off-track young people. Learn more on NLC.org.
View the NLC Resource Library
Browse hundreds of resources designed specifically for city leaders on NLC.org.