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Advancing Results Through Leadership Development: Reflections on Technical Assistance for the Promise Neighborhoods Program

Author: Anand Sharma | Year of Publication: 2020

Over the past decade, communities nationwide have used federal Promise Neighborhoods grants to develop cradle-to-career solutions, or “pipelines,” to produce better results for children and youth. Although their communities, populations, and circumstances are unique, Promise Neighborhoods grantees share a common approach (being driven by data and evidence and fostering deep collaboration) and a common aspiration (to achieve population-level changes in a set of results from early childhood to young adulthood). Promise Neighborhoods also share leadership challenges and opportunities that arise from carrying out an enterprise with such a large scope and scale. This brief explores how a leadership development program supports Promise Neighborhoods grantees in their efforts to achieve population-level results. This brief highlights frameworks, tools, and reflections on challenges and opportunities in using leadership development to advance results in a complex initiative that constitutes a unique partnership and approach to federal training and technical assistance.

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