Good Neighbor Grant program (Safe and Sound)
Summary
Block club leaders and Safe and Sound staff asked the council to continue the council-led Good Neighbor Grant, which has funded more than 100 resident-led neighborhood projects in its first year.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 6
- Last 30 days
- 5
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 5, 2026.
Impact analysis
Continuation of a grant program funding neighborhood improvement projects citywide.
Block clubs and residents citywide, including Spanish-speaking neighborhoods on the South Side.
Summer programming faced brief uncertainty, and organizations that had counted on the funds experienced delay.
Mentions & discussions (2)
COMMON COUNCIL — October 5, 2026
Block club leaders and Safe and Sound staff asked the council to continue the council-led Good Neighbor Grant, which has funded more than 100 resident-led neighborhood projects in its first year.
COMMON COUNCIL — June 23, 2026
Aldermen held up $500,000 of Safe & Sound's CDBG allocation, saying the organization broke a promise to partner with Comforce MKE and Missing Piece Collective on late-night youth programming. After an 8-6 vote to remove the funds and a tense debate, the money was restored with those partnerships as a condition of release.
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