The Institute for Urban Initiatives has helped several local communities and jurisdictions with strategic planning that include:

• preparing and presenting “10-Year Plans to End Homelessness”, a challenge recently given by the federal government to local jurisdictions, that contain a wide-range of action steps to bring an end to local homelessness;

• conducting and managing “Street Vending Assessments” that help low- and moderate-income venders move from the informal economy to the formal economy by gaining access to professional business, education, financial, health and safety, and other needed resources;

• designing and implementing “Small Micro-Business Education Programs” that provide classroom and hands-on training for participants to acquire the knowledge and skills to become successful micro-business entrepreneurs. 

• conducting and managing “Migrant Farm-Worker Surveys” that identify the housing, economic, and social needs of migrant farm-workers in order for local communities to meet their needs;

• designing and implementing “Homeless Counts” that help counties and cities identify the extent and needs of homeless adults and children living in their communities;

• researching and implementing “Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies” that help neighborhoods transform neglected streets, sidewalks, and parks into vibrant areas of arts, dance, community heritage, leisure, music, recreation, and small businesses;

• completing federal, state, county, and local jurisdictional Grant Applications for a wide-range of community and economic development activities that include housing, job development, and social services;

• researching and writing U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) “Consolidated Plans” that are required by jurisdictions that receive HUD funding to complete  an affordable housing, homeless, community and economic development needs assessment; a housing market analysis; and short- and long-term strategies to meet priority needs;

• researching and writing U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) “Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice” that are required by jurisdictions that receive HUD funding to engage in fair housing planning and certify that it will take actions to further fair housing by removing barriers to fair housing choice.

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