Community Engagement
Community Engagement is essential for local and state government agencies aiming to build trust, encourage public participation, and ensure that policies reflect residents’ needs and concerns. Governments can foster stronger connections with their communities through outreach programs, public forums, and collaborative decision-making. This directory offers articles on community engagement and related topics like Community Development, which focuses on improving the overall well-being and sustainability of communities through targeted initiatives.
The Government Alliance on Race and Equity is now accepting applications for its Innovation and Implementation Fund for the summer 2020 cycle
“I am deeply sorry to have my service end on this note and in this way,” said former Ypsilanti Mayor Beth Bashert
Residents in Louisville, the state’s largest city, have only one site available to them for in-person voting
The new Gov2Go mobile services platform can be integrated with existing local government online services and is free to mobile users.
City leaders should always take the possibility of violence seriously and prepare with this basic threat assessment checklist.
The largest voting machine manufacturers have until the end of the month to tell lawmakers about efforts to assure election cybersecurity
By teaching ordinary people in how to stop bleeding and adding bleeding control kits to public spaces, cities may save more lives in mass casualty events.
Agency cites industry needs further guidance in how to comply with the new food label requirements.
Each year, PennDOT’s Paint the Plow program raises winter safety awareness through art, creativity and community engagement.
After an uptick in medical transports related to alcohol poisoning, one college is testing if water coolers at campus parties can reduce binge drinking.
There are a few cities that claim to have invented the cheeseburger, one of America’s most popular foods, between the 1920s and 1930s.
Activists gathered at Madison County Courthouse for a lynching vigil to acknowledge 11 people that lost their lives in the Jim Crow era.
Here’s what people need to know about the data stolen in the Equifax breach, and how to learn if affected and eligible for free credit monitoring.
Tornado preparation focuses on being prepared, from your outside structure to your emergency supplies inside
The NAP encourages local officials to fund programs that boost community productivity, including job training projects and veteran transition training.
Douglas County created an app using its open data portal to promote public events through Amazon Alexa. Next the app will offer services information.
Summer is a favorite time of year for most people, but 2017 offers five summer woes too hard for citizens to ignore.
Disaster preparation for a flood includes gathering necessities, relying on local media sources and being aware of the dangers rising waters bring.
Louisville, Ky., New Orleans, Durham, N.C., and others wrestle with what to do with Confederate statues, from relocating them to readjusting their context
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