Resources
The Promise Neighborhoods Training and Technical Assistance team, the U.S. Department of Education, Promise Neighborhoods grantees, and key technical assistance partners have produced written guidance, tools, and videos about how to launch and manage a successful cradle-to-career pipeline of solutions and strategies for early learners, students, and families in economically distressed communities. Resources appear in the order they were added with the most recent additions first.
Cradle to Career
Find resources related to the four pipeline areas: Early Childhood, Kindergarten to Grade 12, College and Career, and Family and Community Supports
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND WHITE HOUSE WEBINAR SERIES
Understand how to blend and braid federal, state, and local funds to implement whole child approaches to education.
Sustaining a Promise Neighborhood
Learn about sustaining Promise Neighborhoods from grantees and others with expert guidance and reflections.
Results (101)
Building Lasting Change: How Delta Health Alliance Sustains the Impact of Promise Neighborhoods
Author: Karin Scott and Mikaela Tajo | Year of Publication: 2025
Explore how Delta Health Alliance (DHA) has implemented four key sustainability strategies to maintain the impact of its Promise Neighborhoods initiatives in the rural Mississippi Delta. By maintaining a consistent physical presence, creatively leveraging new grant opportunities, building a culture of data-driven decisionmaking, and cultivating enduring partnerships, DHA ensures long-term success of its cradle to career continuum. The blog offers insights into how DHA has adapted its program to meet evolving community needs and provides actionable strategies for other organizations seeking to sustain and grow their place-based initiatives.
Marching Forward for Student Success: National Conference for Place-Based Initiatives
Author: Jenny Nguyen | Year of Publication: 2025
Discover the energy and insights fueling the national movement for student success in place-based initiatives. This blog highlights the key takeaways from the 2024 Promise Neighborhoods and Full-Service Community Schools National Network Conference. The event gathered over 500 professionals to share best practices and collaboratively tackle challenges. Discover how this conference inspired participants to implement effective strategies, strengthen connections, and advance efforts to improve student outcomes nationwide.
The Power of Promise Neighborhoods Through the Eyes of Grantees
Author: Shubhangi Kumari and Tomi Rajninger | Year of Publication: 2025
What makes the Promise Neighborhoods program a powerful engine for change? Hear directly from the grantees on the ground. Since 2010, this U.S. Department of Education initiative has sparked 46 communities to create cradle-to-career pathways for children's success. Discover how grantees employ data-driven methods, build enduring partnerships, and adapt to local needs for lasting community transformation.
Advancing Statewide Coordination and Best Practices: California Promise Neighborhood Network
Author: Rodrigo Garcia and Karin Scott | Year of Publication: 2025
The California Promise Neighborhood Network strengthens the collective voice of current and graduated Promise Neighborhoods. Together, they build a statewide strategy that honors the unique characteristics of each Promise Neighborhood. The network coordinates advocacy efforts to secure lasting funding for cradle-to-career supports and shares best practices that can be replicated across communities.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Data Community Engagement Early Childhood Education Family Supports Financing K-12 Academic Performance Parent and Community Engagement Policy & Systems Program Delivery/Partners Staffing, Organization & Leadership
Evansville Promise Neighborhood: Power in Partnerships
Author: Harper McCall and Amanda Hare | Year of Publication: 2025
Indiana's Evansville Promise Neighborhood demonstrates the power of community partnerships in fostering cradle-to-career support for children and families. This impact story highlights how a dedicated team at the University of Evansville unites with 22 local organizations to streamline services, maximize resources, and create lasting change in their "River City."
Community Engagement Early Childhood Education Family Supports Financing K-12 Academic Performance Post-Secondary Success Parent and Community Engagement Program Delivery/Partners Staffing, Organization & Leadership
Promise Neighborhoods as a Strategy to Address Chronic Absenteeism: How Two Grantees Use Relational Approaches to Welcome Students Back to School
Author: Emily Verburg and Karin Scott | Year of Publication: 2025
Chronic absenteeism has lasting ripple effects on schools and communities. In this blog post, learn how Evansville Promise Neighborhood and IndyEast Promise Neighborhood are leveraging partnerships and adopting creative, relational strategies to connect with students and increase attendance.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Data Community Engagement Early Childhood Education Family Supports Financial Security Health and Wellbeing K-12 Academic Performance Parent and Community Engagement Program Delivery/Partners Student Mobility Staffing, Organization & Leadership
Full-Time Parent, Full-Time Leader: How Jubilee Park, Dallas, Strengthens Parents to Become Community Leaders
Author: Vivian Liu | Year of Publication: 2025
Jubilee Park Promise Neighborhood, based in Dallas, Texas, exemplifies how place-based education initiatives can engage parents and elevate community leaders. These leaders advise the Promise Neighborhood initiative, support neighbors, and benefit the community by influencing affordable housing development and safety. This blog summarizes key strategies to create parent leaders.
Community Engagement Community Safety Early Childhood Education Family Supports Health and Wellbeing K-12 Academic Performance Post-Secondary Success Parent and Community Engagement Program Delivery/Partners Student Mobility Staffing, Organization & Leadership
Sustaining the Infrastructure Behind the Promise: Sustainability Planning Guide and Workbook
Author: Promise Neighborhoods | Year of Publication: 2025
The Sustainability Planning Guide and Workbook offer past and present Promise Neighborhoods grantees and backbone organizations a four-step roadmap to maintain their collaborations after federal grant funding ends. The guide highlights the key infrastructure-essential for effective partnership-supporting seven conditions: community engagement, partnerships, data, financing, policy and systems, communications, and organizational capacity.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Data Community Engagement Data Collection Data Management Systems Early Childhood Education Family Supports Financing Health and Wellbeing K-12 Academic Performance Post-Secondary Success Parent and Community Engagement Policy & Systems Program Delivery/Partners Staffing, Organization & Leadership
Measuring Performance: A Guidance Document for Promise Neighborhoods on Collecting Data and Reporting Results (Third Edition)
Author: Karin Scott, Peter A. Tatian, Shubhangi Kumari, Jennifer Comey, Lesley Freiman, Mary K. Winkler, Christopher R. Hayes, Kaitlin Franks, and Reed Jordan | Year of Publication: 2025
This guidance document recommends data collection strategies and data system structures to ensure Promise Neighborhoods can manage and produce measurable results. This Third Edition represents the first major refresh since the document's original publication in 2012 and incorporates several key updates to align with current best practices.
Data Collection Data Management Systems Data Security and Confidentiality
Advancing Conditions for Achieving Promise Neighborhoods Results 2025
Author: Lori Nathanson, Megan Gallagher, Karin Scott, Victoria Martin | Year of Publication: 2025
Six conditions are important for Promise Neighborhoods and similar place-based, collective impact initiatives to achieve results: Organizational & Leadership Capacity, Community Engagement, Cradle-to-Career Solutions, Strategic Partnerships, Sustainable Financing, and Policy & Systems Influence. This tool is designed for Promise Neighborhoods backbone organizations, partners, community residents, and technical assistance providers that work collaboratively to plan, implement, and sustain the conditions necessary for achieving collective impact outcomes.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Using Data Community Engagement Financing Parent and Community Engagement Policy & Systems Program Delivery/Partners Staffing, Organization & Leadership