Resources
Planning a Promise Neighborhood
This planning guide created by Bridgespan and PolicyLink, builds on Bridgespan's experience in partnership with HCZ and other initatives. IT is organized around 5 questions about decisionmaking to make the greatest impact.
Supporting Age-Appropriate Functioning in Promise Neighborhoods (GPRA 2)
This webinar shares best practices and effective strategies used by Promise Neighborhoods to promote age-appropriate functioning of young children. The purpose is to provide skills, knowledge, resources to community leaders and PNs that focus on GPRA 2.
Youth, Family, and Community Engagement in Promise Neighborhoods
This webinar shares best practices to promote age-appropriate functioning of young children. Aims to equip PNs and community leaders with the knowledge, tools, and resources to serve GPRA 2
Sustaining Parent Engagement throughout the Cradle-to-Career Continuum (GPRAs 12-14)
This webinar describes the importance of parent engagement in achieving and sustaining PN results. It provides strategies to ensure parents read to their children, prep them for college and career success, and have the skills to contribute to the college to career continuum.
A Guide to Setting Up Congressional Site Visits
This fact sheet guides PNs through scheduling and meeting with Congress members to display the impact of the PN. It provides step-by-step instructions for before, during, and after the visit.
Leveraging Policy Advocacy to Keep Students Healthy
This webinar shares the essence of using policy advocacy to achieve healthy nutrition and active living in PN students. St. Paul PN spotlight on efforts to achieve and sustain PN results through strong partnerships
Beyond Lessons in the Field: Community Engagement in Promise Neighborhoods
This fact sheet details information on bulding strong leadership for supported, respectful, long-lasting community engagement and partnerships in Promise Neighborhoods.
Beyond Lessons in the Field: Creating and Sustaining Partnerships in Promise Neighborhoods
This fact sheet provides frequently asked questions and answers for using partnerships for effective implementation and long-term sustainability of PNs. It provides examples from communities where partnerships have helped communities succeed.
Aligning for Impact: Conneting Promise Neighborhoods and the Cradle-to-Career Civic Infrasturcture
This fact sheet provides information on the value of connecting neighborhood and regional partnerships. It shows how this is a mutually benefiical relationship that allows for testing policy/systems, engaging communities more effectively, spreading innovation, removing policy barriers and accessing...
Promise Neighborhoods Talking Points
This fact sheet is a series of talking points to promote the continued support for Promise Neighborhoods. It addresses federal funding, reasons for continued investment, and information about the impact of PN efforts.