2025 Ideas Challenge Entries

  • Offender Reentry Program

    Mayor Andy Schor | Lansing, MI

  • Comprehensive Housing Audit

    Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs | Albany, NY

  • HEAL Program

    Treasurer Zach Conine | Nevada

  • Election Admin Fellowship

    Secretary of State Adrian Fontes | Arizona

  • Law Enforcement Immersion

    City Attorney Zach Klein | Columbus, OH

  • Restoring Voting Rights

    Representative Tanya Miller | Georgia

  • Protections Against Coercive Control

    Representative Tram Nguyen | Massachusetts

  • Responsibility to Shelter Initiative

    Mayor Matt Mahan | San José, CA

  • Public Land for Workforce Housing

    County Supervisor Laura Capps | Santa Barbara, CA

  • Supporting Federal Workers

    County Councilmember Will Jawando | Montgomery County, MD

  • College Access - Direct Admission

    Senator Christopher Cabaldon | California

  • Justice System Fees Reform

    Senator Clarke Tucker | Arkansas

  • Universal School Meals

    Representative Maxine Dibert | Alaska

  • Unlocking Untapped Urban Land

    Mayor Leonardo Williams | Durham, NC

  • Vacant Property Initiative

    Mayor Jon Mitchell | New Bedford, MA

  • Camp RISE

    Mayor Cavalier Johnson | Milwaukee, WI

  • Health Equity Resource Communities

    Senator Antonio Hayes | Maryland

  • THE LEAD LINE REPLACEMENT ACT

    Representative Dontavius Jarrells | OH

  • Connecticut Online AI Academy

    Senator James Maroney | CT

  • Homestead Property Tax Credit

    Senator Sarah Anthony | Michigan

  • Infrastructure and Housing Impact Fund

    Treasurer Mike Frerichs | Illinois

  • Voting Rights Protection Act

    Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton | Pennsylvania

  • Expanding Education on Perimenopause and Menopause

    Representative Kristen Cloutier | Maine

  • Upholding Library Freedoms

    Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff | Connecticut

  • Corporate Practice of Medicine Reform

    Representative Ben Bowman | Oregon

  • Autonomous Vehicle Zone

    Mayor Kate Gallego | Phoenix, AZ

  • Protect the Dream Act

    Representative Phil Olaleye | Georgia

  • Expanding Access to Child Care Through Zoning Reform

    Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau | Maine

  • Outdoor Community Center

    Mayor Cassie Franklin | Everett, WA

  • Salary Transparency Law

    City Councilmember Nantasha Williams | New York, NY

  • STAND for Safer Streets Plan

    Mayor Cavalier Johnson | Milwaukee, WI

  • Senior Bridge Housing

    City Councilmember Kesha Hodge Washington | Phoenix, AZ

  • Rochester Vision 2050 (RV2050)

    Mayor Kim Norton | Rochester, MN

  • Community Outreach Specialists and a Mental Health Co-Responder

    Mayor Derek Slaughter | Williamsport, PA

  • Community Health Hubs

    County Mayor Lee Harris | Shelby County, TN

  • Home/Condo Hardening Program

    Representative Christine Hunschofsky | Florida

  • Expanding Affordable Housing Through Accessory Dwelling Units

    Representative Nicole Clowney | Arkansas

  • Early Childhood Education Endowment

    Representative Kate Farrar | Connecticut

  • Community EMS Bike Response Program

    Mayor Brett Smiley | Providence, RI

  • Non-Profit Investment Pool

    Treasurer Mike Frerichs | Illinois

  • Children and Youth Bill of Rights

    Vice Mayor Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson | Santa Cruz, CA

  • Net Equality Program

    Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff | Connecticut

  • Local Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Model

    Vice Mayor Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson | Santa Cruz, CA

  • Drone as First Responder

    Mayor Cassie Franklin | Everett, WA

  • People’s Budgeting Act

    City Councilmember Nantasha Williams | New York, NY

  • Modular Housing Development

    Senator Jeff Bridges | Colorado

  • Big Audacious Housing Goal

    City Councilmember Mark Jeffreys | Cincinnati, OH

  • Innovative State Financing for Affordable Homeownership Development

    Senator Dylan Roberts | Colorado

  • Student Empowerment Fund

    Treasurer Mike Frerichs | Illinois

  • Emergency Mobile Opioid Team

    Mayor Cassie Franklin | Everett, WA

  • Consumer Protection Legislation

    Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff | Connecticut