Promise Neighborhoods¶
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Evidence · 4 claims (4 for) · 3 studies (3 qualitative),q1–q2· 0 of 3 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study
Description¶
Promise Neighborhoods is a U.S. Department of Education grant program that funds nonprofit organizations, higher-education institutions, and American Indian tribes to provide coordinated, place-based supports for children and families in high-poverty communities.
Components¶
- Promise Neighborhoods federal grant program: Promise Neighborhoods is a U.S. Department of Education grant program funding place-based community supports for children in poverty. Since 2010, ED awarded three rounds of grants totaling nearly $100 million to nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and American Indian tribes. The article reports this included "46 planning grants and 12 implementation grants to 48 lead agencies in 23 states and the District of Columbia." (Hulsey et al. (2015))
- Promise Neighborhoods' cradle-to-career continuum model of community-wide poverty mitigation: The Promise Neighborhoods model holds that the effects of growing up in poverty can be offset by building a comprehensive continuum of supports spanning early childhood through career. The article states that Promise Neighborhoods "seek to offset the effects of growing up in poverty by building a comprehensive continuum of 'cradle-to-career' supports that enable children to reach their potential." Grantees implement this continuum through federally funded place-based programs. (Hulsey et al. (2015))
- Place-based grantee-led implementation of community support programs for children in poverty: Promise Neighborhoods are implemented locally by lead agencies that receive federal funding and choose which services to offer their community. The pattern pairs flexible, locally selected services with a common cradle-to-career goal; case studies documented "the services they chose to offer, and the early successes and challenges they had in improving the lives of children in their community." (Hulsey et al. (2015))
Claims¶
- Case studies of five Promise Neighborhoods sites documented program design, services, and early implementation successes and challenges [+W]
- The Buffalo Promise Neighborhood serves a predominantly minority, high-poverty community [+W]
- More than a third of NAZ residents live in households with incomes below the federal poverty level [+W]
- The NAZ Zone was selected because it encompasses the area's highest concentration of negative poverty, violence, and low-education indicators [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- Hulsey, L., Esposito, A. M., Boller, K., & Osborn, S. (2015). Promise Neighborhoods Case Studies (Issue Brief). Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/promise-neighborhoods-case-studies-issue-brief
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