Community Services
The Community Services Department offers programs to engage people of every age and background in their neighborhoods and the wider Raleigh community. The Department provides resources for neighborhood-based organizations, grants to neighborhood groups and nonprofit agencies, opportunities for volunteers and summer jobs for young people. It also provides staff support for Citizens Advisory Councils (CACs) and other advisory bodies to the City Council.
Neighborhood Services Division
The Neighborhood Services Division focuses on empowering neighborhood-based and community organizations.
Programs and services include:
Citizens Advisory Councils (CACs)
Citizen Area Liaisons
Citizens Leadership Academy
Community Specialists
Hispanic-Latino Initiatives
Neighborhood College
Neighborhood Improvement Grants
Raleigh Neighborhood Exchange
Raleigh Neighborhood Registry
Volunteer and Human Services Division
The Volunteer and Human Services Division provides volunteers the opportunity to work in City offices and nonprofit organizations. The Division also administers grants to nonprofit agencies.
Programs include:
City of Raleigh Volunteer Program
Foster Grandparent Program
Human Services Grants
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
Youth Services
The Youth Services Division helps young people develop their job skills and prepare for further education and employment.
Programs include:
Summer Youth Employment Program
Life Skills Development
Lunch with a Lawyer
Boards and Commissions
The Department provides staff assistance for a number of boards and commissions that serve in advisory role to the City Council.
They include:
Fair Housing Hearing Board
Human Relations Commission
Mayor’s Committee on Persons with Disabilities
Citizens Advisory Councils (CACs)
Substance Abuse Advisory Commission
Southeast Raleigh Assembly
Mission Statement:
The Department promotes neighborhood betterment, life skills for youth, meaningful civic engagement and volunteerism. It strives to involve all members of the community as partners, whether they are neighborhood organizers, youth working in summer jobs or volunteers serving others.
Department Goals/Information:
The Community Services Department supports the public input process for Planning Raleigh 2030.
For More Information Contact:
Kristen Rosselli
Director
Community Services Department
310 West Martin Street, Suite 201
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-996-6100
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