NExT's Resources
The NExT Program emphasizes documentation and knowledge sharing. A central NExT strategy is to build social capital among participating communities, convening agencies, and support organizations. By documenting the activities and sharing strategies and methods through a website, meetings, training sessions, and other methods, NExT hopes to multiply the impact of each neighborhood's work while advancing knowledge of community development practice. NExT's Resources include:
- Technical Assistance: Includes LISC program staff who provide ongoing technical assistance and local staff place at each local convening agency;
- Grant and Loan Pool: Includes funds that support short- and long-term initiatives and serve as seed money to leverage other public and private resources;
- Web Tools: Includes a website featuring regularly updated community news and interactive events calendar;
- AmeriCorps Volunteers: Includes the placement of AmeriCorps volunteers at NExT program sites to support programmatic goals and pilot innovative new programs; and
- Capacity Building and Peer-Networking: Includes training and networking opportunities provided between NExT sites and through Bay Area LISC's related programs, such as the Community Development Leadership Institute, Green Connection, Neighborhood Revitalization of Local Economies, and the Affordable Housing Program.