SNP projects have included literacy and after-school recreation programs, block parties, neighborhood fairs and carnivals, education reform campaigns, block clean-ups, community gardening activities, sports leagues, neighborhood-wide art showcases, development of neighborhood plans, large-scale community organizing efforts, publication of neighborhood newsletters, and many other activities and events.
SNP also offers technical assistance to help neighborhood groups develop their capacity to be effective neighborhood builders, as well as an eight-month leadership program to help residents develop their leadership skills in the context of specific neighborhood-building projects.
In 2005, the Strengthening Neighborhoods Program gave over 178 grants to neighborhood groups, totaling more than $254,000. Since its inception in 1998, SNP has granted more than $1.5 million to support resident-led projects in its 10 partner communities!
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