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.
‘Feeling trapped’ can increase the odds of a person having suicidal thoughts; here are some strategies to break out of that thinking
The projected $2.5 billion raised over the next decade will be devoted to services including rent assistance, case management and outreach, job training, and mental health and substance abuse treatment
Even though several GOP-led states have implemented similar measures, the president lashed out at two Democratic states via Twitter
Several “Sanctuary Cities” mayors vow they will not turn on neighbors and will uphold longstanding policies despite the president-elect’s funding threats.
Any traveler can bring Zika home, and the disease can still spread in winter. The CDC has tools to help local public health officials spread the word.
Columnist Terrence P. Dwyer explains why social posts threatening police officers violate statutes and are cybercrimes that should be taken seriously.
Municipalities in more than a dozen states go under the lens for voter frustrations.
Columnist Chief Rob Wylie has advice to help municipalities plan for voting at fire stations while maintaining emergency response readiness.
Many cities are using the SeeClickFix 311 app to track and map public works complaints.
Cities, counties and other government websites are recognized by the National Association of Government Web Professionals 2016 Pinnacle Awards.
About 4,000 events nationwide mark Safe Routes to School’s 20th Walk to School Day. Grants are available for community walking and biking projects.
Police1 columnist Mike Bires advises on how law enforcement departments can handle the harassment of Internet trolls that come along with social media.
Find out what are the top 10 requests for city websites and how to look at your city’s website like a resident.
Our columnist reviews key learnings from the largest civic tech conference. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom addresses barriers to innovation.
The Chatbot HelloVote pilot app worked with voter registration systems in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts and Vermont, with other states in queue.
Columnist Dr. Alex Bäcker discusses increasing citizen satisfaction in government services through multilingual technologies and mobile queuing.
The National Lynching Memorial will be located in Montgomery, Ala., but behooves every county that had a lynching to bring their piece home.
Use Boston’s analytical toolkit, CityScore, to customize your own city’s daily, monthly and weekly scores.
Miami Beach Philip Levine talks to the Boston Herald about what his city is doing to respond to the local spread of Zika virus.
