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A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards Into Climate-Resilient Spaces

The City Fix

In Brooklyn, one of New York City’s five boroughs, a new schoolyard features newly-planted native trees offering shade and bright playground equipment that sits adjacent to a track and turf field. Colorful murals celebrating the diversity of its Boreum Hill.

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Need Transportation Help? Submit Your Interest for New Thriving Communities Program

NLC (National League of Cities)

In response, Congress appropriated $25 million for the new Thriving Communities Program (TCP), and this year […] Source. America’s cities, towns and villages have made the need for a federal transportation partnership model clear, particularly one that meets local governments where they are.

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How Cities Can Help Gather Data on Youth-serving Workforce

NLC (National League of Cities)

While schools suffer from teacher vacancies, municipal and community programs serving youth are also affected. This translates to afterschool and summer programs without enough […] Source Unfortunately, this painful post-pandemic workforce crisis has hit the youth-serving workforce especially hard.

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Second Chance Re-Entry Program

The Whistle Post

The total cost of Second Chance Re-Entry Program is $750,000 is funded through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Second Chance Act Community Programs. Auxiliary aids and services are available to individuals with disabilities upon request. This project was supported by Grant No.

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MaturityWorks

The Whistle Post

You can receive Paid training Assisted job search Job placement assistance Support services To be eligible for MaturityWorks , you must: Be unemployed 55 or older Meet family income guidelines Apply Here Community partner opportunities, become a Host Agency. Strengthen your community programs.

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Singapore’s National Library Board aims to unlock country’s rich heritage with AR app built by AWS Partner NCS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Creating an immersive cultural experience with NCS-AWS’ Cloud Innovation for Communities program Without an existing product on the market that met their requirements, the NCS CIC program set out to create their own solution. Space: Encourage users to explore other iconic landmarks within the vicinity and district.

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Greg Devereaux: COVID-19 and The Role of Counties

Policy Chats

He was also the former Chief Executive Officer of San Bernardino where he helped the Board of Supervisors lead the County in a new direction and helped to stabilize county government finances, increase infrastructure maintenance, and restore community programs.