Since 1998 Neighborhood Leadership Initiative, Inc. (NLI) has been working to build the capacity of economically distressed neighborhoods by investing in human capital. Among these investments are goods and services that affirm achievement and literacy outcomes for parents and children. NLI is working with communities to create 21st Century learning environments that nurture information literate families.
Our partnerships have leveraged millions of dollars in resources and services on behalf of some America's most economically challenged neighborhoods. NLI's family literacy model, Neighborhood Parents and Children Together (N-PACT), a partnership with Boys and Girls Clubs of Manatee County (FL) received national recognition from Boys and Girls Clubs of America receiving the Family Strengthening Award. This distinguished reward, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is given to five clubs across the country for demonstrating exceptional family support in their program offerings.
click image to view N-Pact ModelNLI is working to create replicable models for developing capacity for residents living in economically distressed neighborhoods. Our program, developments reflect lessons learned from families participating in our program evaluations and community engagement efforts that include children, older youth, adults, elected officials, community leaders, human service providers and ordinary citizens. We want to get to the root causes to facilitate system change. Thus our comprehensive capacity-building model overtime will sustain economic development through inter-generational skill developments that nurture a well-trained 21st Century workforce.