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.
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Domestic and international calls from wall phones and tablets are now free for “maintaining positive bonds between incarcerated people and their loved ones”
Surfside is pioneering what appears to be a first of its kind solution for residents in the decades to come: a fund for potential buyouts. The new Resilience Fund houses money from developers with an equal match from the town.
“We’ve got a president who claims to, pretends to speak for communities like mine: lower-income, industrial, working-class communities. And it’s time for a voice that actually comes from the experience of shaping and guiding one of those communities to be in Washington,” the former mayor said.
Only six states have laws specifically allowing campaign money to be used for child care.
In a statement, the city credited new investments in street outreach efforts, data-driven policing strategies and strengthened community partnerships for the decline in violence to the lowest levels since 2015.
The ShotSpotter system was tested in early December and went live on Dec. 11. Without the technology, police never would have learned about dozens of incidents. Police say that’s a problem.
State legislators had rejected an amendment allowing the use of public assistance IDs, which District Court Judge Loretta Biggs described as “particularly suspect”
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To survive the next inevitable flood, Winslow, Nebraska, residents must raise their homes, leave or restart the town at a site a few miles away and 100 feet higher with government financial help. Town leaders are pushing for the latter.
Rec center workers look to build relationships and trust with young people so that when they spot potential trouble -- often through behavior -- they can refer the young people and their families to counseling.
The city’s police chief calls the cameras in street lights ‘a game changer.’ Critics aren’t so sure, especially given that the program was introduced as a way to save energy and money instead of a way to collect data in public spaces.
Many law enforcement agencies in small communities across the United States are facing questions about how aggressively they pursue reports of sexual violence
About 75% of school districts nationally reported unpaid meal debt, with the median amount per school being about $2,500, according to The Washington Post, which cited the national School Nutrition Association.
Don’t think public safety agencies can get into the holiday spirit? We’ve got news for you
What started as a way for a young girl and a few pals to get service credit for elementary school has become an annual tradition for six dozen friends from the San Francisco suburbs.
With the United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres, Pope Francis spoke about the necessity of protecting the world’s vulnerable populations.
For many counties, rising poverty rates underscore the importance of fully counting residents in next year’s census, since a count of low-income residents will help determine funding available to help them.
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