Houston LISC

05/29/2026

Do you live or work in Spring Branch? 🗺️ We’re inviting community members from across the neighborhood to join us for a Civic Engagement Workshop! Come connect with neighbors and discover how you can help shape the future of our community.

🗓️ Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 10 AM – 12 PM
📍 MAM Hamill Education and Workforce Training Center (1625 Blalock Rd, Houston, TX 77080)

🚨 Deadline to register is May 30th! Save your spot today: https://bit.ly/3RE5MuI (link in bio)

05/26/2026

Earlier this year, LISC Houston and Financial Opportunity Center® partners joined colleagues nationwide to address a growing issue: families’ assets at risk due to heirs’ property and lack of estate planning. Those conversations sparked our new Protection and Legacy Planning Initiative paper, which reframes asset protection as a core part of financial mobility.

Read how FOCs can help families protect what they’ve built—before it becomes a crisis.
Read the paper at https://tinyurl.com/5a5kzen6

Chinese Community Center of Houston
VOA Texas
Wesley Community Center
Memorial Assistance Ministries (MAM)

05/12/2026

Meet Veronique Roberts, owner of Kids Learn and Play Center, a home-based childcare program she opened in Houston, Texas more than a decade ago. In search of new ways to enhance her services and business operations, Roberts discovered the Collaborative for Children, a local non-profit organization supported by LISC and Procter & Gamble.

The Collaborative provided Roberts with emergency supplies to navigate the unpredictable Texas weather, as well as business courses related to budgeting.

Thanks to the Collaborative, Roberts now has more tools and confidence to provide a safe and stimulating environment for children, as well as expand and grow her business

05/06/2026

Exciting news! LISC has teamed up with The The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation to kick off a new funding round for the Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative! Nonprofits nationwide are eligible to apply for grants of up to $100K to build or renovate sports facilities for youth in low-to-moderate income communities. Learn more and apply by August 15: https://www.lisc.org/our.../sports-recreation/game-on/

05/01/2026

We are grateful to United Way of Greater Houston of Greater Houston for their continued support of financial stability, affordable housing, and whole‑family well‑being. Through the Integrated Client Journey, this partnership is helping ALICE households build stronger, more stable futures. Thank you for being such a valued partner in our community.

04/09/2026

STRENGTHENING CHILD CARE HOMES & SPACES FOR EMERGENCIES

Developed in partnership with Home Grown, the Provider Preparedness Toolkit offers home-based and small scale center-based child care provider guidance, checklists, immediate practical steps, and long-term investments to prepare for natural disasters and severe weather events, such as extreme heat, flooding, fire emergencies, thunderstorms and winter storms.

This session is designed for intermediaries and technical assistance providers to learn more about the Provider Preparedness Toolkit and resources available to support the child care providers in their networks.

Webinar and Resources:
- Watch the webinar at https://tinyurl.com/3a7m9ka7
- View the webinar slide deck at https://tinyurl.com/43vvp4th
- Check-out the Provider Preparedness Toolkit at https://tinyurl.com/3yss4c42

04/01/2026

04/01/2026

Thank you to Wells Fargo for your continued partnership with LISC Houston. Your support of our real estate capacity-building initiatives and our efforts to expand homeownership opportunities across Harris County helps make our mission—to build resilient communities of opportunity—a reality.

03/20/2026

Deadline is approaching! Please share with your community!

Don't miss out! The next round of the Grassroots Field Grant Program is now accepting applications until March 30. LISC and the NFL Foundation are offering grants of up to $250,000 to build or refurbish community football fields that help keep youth active and healthy. Learn more: https://www.lisc.org/our-initiatives/sports-recreation/nfl-foundation-grassroots-program/

03/06/2026

The future of Houston showed up. 💥

Through the partnership between the East End District and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), students leaders are committing two full Saturdays to learning how to advocate, organize, and lead positive change in their communities.

They’re learning how different levels of government function, why voting matters, and why it’s critical to know who has been elected to represent them. Civic knowledge is civic power.
Next weekend, their journey culminates in a mock City Council session — giving them the opportunity to put their advocacy skills into action and exercise everything they’ve learned.

This is what investing in leadership looks like.
This is the next generation stepping up.
The East End’s future is in very good hands. 🌟
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El futuro de Houston se hizo presente. 💥

A través de la alianza entre el East End District y Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), estudiantes dedicaron dos sábados completos a aprender cómo abogar, organizarse y liderar cambios positivos en sus comunidades.

Están aprendiendo cómo funcionan los diferentes niveles de gobierno, por qué es importante votar y por qué es fundamental saber quiénes han sido elegidos para representarlos. El conocimiento cívico es poder cívico.

El próximo fin de semana, su experiencia culminará con una simulación de una sesión del Concejo Municipal, donde pondrán en práctica todo lo que han aprendido.

Así es como se invierte en liderazgo.
Así es como la próxima generación da un paso al frente.
El futuro del East End está en muy buenas manos. 🌟