Updates regarding Volunteer Service to the City in Fiscal Year 2025 and Love Your Block.

This report details the city's volunteer service in Fiscal Year 2025 and provides an update on the Love Your Block program. In FY25, volunteers contributed 32,764 hours across eight city departments, valued at approximately $1.14 million. The Parks & Recreation department received the most volunteer support, followed by Utilities and Housing & Neighborhood Services. The Love Your Block program, funded by a $100,000 grant from the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation, awarded 11 mini-grants totaling $20,000 in its first year (FY25), primarily supporting projects in Ward 1. The application period for the second year of mini-grants (FY26) opens February 14, with approximately $15,000 available for neighborhood projects and $5,000 for litter pickups and composting efforts. The report also notes that volunteers collected 6,784 bags of litter.