Using the Neighborhood Networks Web Site Creation Tool

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Accessible through the Strategic Tracking and Reporting Tool (START), the Neighborhood Networks Web Site Creation Tool helps center directors create customized one-stop-shop Web sites that:

	Increase resident and community awareness of center programs and services.
	Connect residents to local resources, such as employment agencies, hospitals, colleges and universities, and banks.
	Help market the center to current and potential partners and stakeholders.
	Keep constituents apprised of center activities or events.
	Highlight center and resident successes.

In addition, centers can use the Web Site Creation Tool to meet Standard 8 in the Model center classification process, which requires a center to maintain a Web site in order to achieve advanced center classification.

Available Resources

To help center directors effectively use the Neighborhood Networks Web Site Creation Tool, HUD created easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. To view and download these instructions, click on the "Web Site Creation Tool Instructions" link on the right.

HUD also created the Neighborhood Networks Asset Mapping Guide that provides instructions for locating community resources. The guide is a useful resource that center staff can use to identify local resources for the “Useful Links” section on their Web sites. The "Asset Mapping Guide" can also be accessed by clicking on the link on the right.