What We Do

The work of LISC Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky is guided by our national organization's strategic plan called Building Sustainable Communities. This groundbreaking strategy aims to create and nurture places that offer the positive environments needed to ensure that all residents of varied income levels are provided the opportunities and tools to build assets, to participate in their communities, and to become part of the mainstream economy. They are, in effect, the embodiment of both "community" and "development" — places where human opportunity and social and economic vitality combine with a continuous process of growth, adaptation, and improvement. The five program goals are:

• Expanding Investment in Housing and Other Real Estate
• Increasing Family Income and Wealth
• Stimulating Economic Development
• Improving Access to Quality Education
• Supporting Healthy Environments and Lifestyles

In addition, we are pleased to co-manage the place matters program, a funder's collaborative investing in comprehensive community initiatives in three vital neighborhoods in Greater Cincinnati. place matters seeks to address multiple needs in the communities of Avondale, Covington and Price Hill to achieve breakthrough, systemic change and improve the quality of life for all residents.

Our strategic areas of focus align closely across the Building Sustainable Communities and place matters initiatives. Both focus on empowering residents and creating the critical mass of change needed to transform communities.