Local Solutions to End Homelessness Scholarship
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The National League of Cities is excited to offer a scholarship to local leaders to participate in Local Solutions to Ending Homelessness, a NLC University’s course, at no cost.
Through this course, local leaders will gain a comprehensive understanding of the complex factors driving homelessness in U.S. cities and explore evidence-based solutions to create meaningful change in your community. This course is specifically designed for local leaders seeking to develop and implement effective solutions.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the primary driver of homelessness: Understand that the fundamental cause of homelessness is the shortage of affordable housing.
- Distinguish individual vulnerabilities from root causes: Recognize how individual vulnerabilities (e.g., mental health, substance use, adverse childhood experience) increase the risk of homelessness but are not the root cause.
- Recognize disparities in homelessness: Due to longstanding racial discrimination, Black, Hispanic or Latino/a/x, and Indigenous people are disproportionately more likely to experience homelessness than white Americans.
- Evaluate effective solutions: Learn and assess the most impactful solutions and strategies for addressing and ending homelessness in their communities.
This scholarship is aimed at local leaders from small (under 50,000) to mid-size cities (up to 200,000) interested in deepening their understanding of the root causes of homelessness and proven solutions to ending homelessness.
We are seeking mayors, council members and policy advisors that are both new to engaging in the issue of homelessness and seasoned practitioners.
Selected applicants will have the cost of the course and course materials ($500) covered. Participants will be expected to engage in and participate throughout the five-module course. Each module is 75 minutes long and will begin at 3:00 p.m. EST.
The application deadline is Friday, August 15, 2025.
Have a question not answered here?
Contact the team at housing@nlc.org with any additional questions.