National League of Cities Institute

The National League of Cities Institute (Institute) is the research and education affiliate of the National League of Cities (NLC), a national organization that represents the country's 19,495 cities, towns, and villages along with 49 state municipal leagues. Created in 1924, NLC has evolved into a membership organization providing education, research, support, and advocacy to city leaders across the United States. NLC participates in the Safety and Justice Challenge (SJC) as one of its strategic allies, to secure the active engagement of municipal leaders in systems reform efforts to reduce over-incarceration and create a receptive environment for the spread of reform nationally. This planning award enables the Institute to leverage its network of city and municipal leaders to quantify and qualify public sector workforce challenges, needs and current solutions related to the recruitment and retention of the community and public safety workforce. This award as well as a similar planning grant to the National Association of Counties Research Foundation (NACoRF) jointly supports the SJC’s efforts to bolster the city and county community and public safety workforce and develop strategies that cultivate, promote, and retain diverse leaders that are invested in shaping the future of criminal justice reform.

The National League of Cities Institute (NLCI) is the research and education affiliate of the National League of Cities (NLC), a national association that works in partnership with 49 state municipal leagues and serves as a resource to and an advocate for more than 19,000 cities, villages, and towns. NLCI provides research and technical assistance to cities to help municipal leaders work more effectively on behalf of children, youth, and families within their communities. The renewal award supports the NLCI’s efforts to continue to strengthen justice reform initiatives underway in multiple cities throughout the country through education, technical assistance, and peer-learning networks among city leaders, including both elected and appointed officials.

The National League of Cities Institute (the Institute) is the research and education affiliate of the National League of Cities, a national association that works in partnership with 49 state municipal leagues and serves as a resource to and advocate for more than 19,000 cities, villages, and towns.

This X-grant supports the Institute to convene a group of mayors that are committed to pursuing reforms that promote community safety and address racial inequities.

The National League of Cities Institute (the Institute) is the research and education affiliate of the National League of Cities, a national association that works in partnership with 49 state municipal leagues and serves as a resource to and an advocate for more than 19,000 cities, villages, and towns. The Institute provides research and technical assistance to cities to help municipal leaders work more effectively on behalf of children, youth, and families within their communities. The award supports the Institute’s efforts to continue to strengthen justice reform initiatives underway in multiple cities throughout the country through education, technical assistance, and peer-learning networks among city leaders, including both elected and appointed officials.

The National League of Cities Institute (the Institute) is the research and education affiliate of the National League of Cities, a national association that works in partnership with 49 state municipal leagues and serves as a resource to and an advocate for more than 19,000 cities, villages, and towns. The Institute provides research and technical assistance to cities to help municipal leaders work more effectively on behalf of children, youth, and families within their communities. The award supports the Institute’s efforts to continue to strengthen justice reform initiatives underway in multiple cities throughout the country through education, technical assistance, and peer learning networks among city leaders, including both elected and appointed officials.