With the SPUK Promising Neighborhood, the government supports local NPLV alliances in strengthening livability and safety in their area. The consultation runs until June 2 and the scheme is expected to come into effect on July 1, 2025. The final amounts and themes will be communicated upon implementation and for some themes after Prinsjesdag.

The SPUK Promising Neighborhood focuses on interventions that contribute to reintegration, preventing financial worries, and increasing equal opportunities for children and youth (through School and Environment). Interventions that strengthen social cohesion and promote financial education are also supported.

In the second tranche, spending options have been expanded and are more focused on ambitions and results. There is also an integral budget available to implement these themes coherently. Furthermore, the scheme includes a fixed amount per area for supporting the local program organization.

The SPUK Promising Neighborhood is a funding stream specifically for the 20 areas of the National Program for Livability and Safety, and for which funds have been pooled from the ministries of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), Social Affairs and Employment (SZW), and Housing and Spatial Planning (VRO). For the first tranche, € 256 million was available.

By pooling the funding streams, municipalities in NPLV areas can apply more easily on behalf of the local alliance and use the SPUK for a coherent approach to stacked problems. This was urged by the involved mayors in 2022. Many people in these neighborhoods face a combination of issues such as unemployment, poverty, educational deficits, housing problems, and poor health. The 20 NPLV areas are working hard from the local alliances to improve livability. The funds from the first tranche of the SPUK Promising Neighborhood support this.

In Breda-Noord, the SPUK Promising Neighborhood is used for free breakfast boxes for school-going children in vulnerable neighborhoods. In Roosendaal Ring, children aged 2 to 4 are offered free preschool education. And in Arnhem-Oost, this SPUK strengthens and expands the Youth Cyber Team (YCT). Additionally, people with support needs are trained as energy fixers. They help vulnerable households reduce their energy consumption by providing advice and implementing energy-saving measures.