Results by Term: Data Management Systems
Building Infrastructure to Support Cross Sector Integration in Early Childhood Work
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2014
This webinar, hosted by the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink in partnership with ZERO TO THREE, discusses how Hayward Promise Neighborhood and other communities are building cohesive systems that coordinate and align services to ensure all children enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school.
Who Cares About Data?
Author: Sarah Gillespie | Year of Publication: 2014
This blog post discusses how data-driven programs and communities are better equipped to work toward solutions that provide results to their communities. The blog draws on the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative's work on chronic absenteeism as an example.
U-Turn Now: A GPS for Neighborhood Change
Author: Sarah Gillespie | Year of Publication: 2014
This blog post discusses the necessity of a rigorous performance measurement process, focusing on how performance measurement can provide the data necessary to correct a program that is off-track.
Creating the Foundation to Accelerate Results for Black Males
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2013
This document is Part I of a series of papers developed to help communities promote Black male achievement in their neighborhoods. Part I provides a results-based framework for Promise Neighborhoods to systematically evaluate and respond to the particular needs of Black male children in the community. Subsequent papers will offer programmatic and policy solutions that Promise Neighborhoods can employ within this framework to sustain and enhance their impact on this population.
Measuring the Promise of Promise Neighborhoods
Author: Lionel Foster | Year of Publication: 2013
This interview with the Urban Institute's Peter Tatian follows the release of the guidance document "Measuring Performance." Peter discusses the challenges in quantifying the impact of a long-term, multifaceted program.
Promise Neighborhoods Restricted-Use Data Files: Technical Specification and Requirements
Author: Urban Institute | Year of Publication: 2013
The Promise Neighborhoods restricted-use data files (RUDF) will contain individual-level and summary data on Promise Neighborhoods programs and participants. The Urban Institute will create the RUDF for the U.S. Department of Education from data collected by Promise Neighborhoods implementation grantees through surveys, case management systems, and administrative sources. Grantees collected the last required RUDF data in 2016.
Measuring Performance: A Guidance Document for Promise Neighborhoods on Collecting Data and Reporting Results: FY 2013 Edition
Author: Urban Institute | Year of Publication: 2013
This guidance document is designed to provide clarity on the U.S. Department of Education’s required Government Performance and Results Act indicators (guidance for grantees awarded in 2016 or earlier). Promise Neighborhoods implementation grantees must report on these measures as one of the requirements of their federal funding. This document also recommends data collection strategies, sources, and methods for the Promise Neighborhoods community at large, including the collection and tracking of demographic, family, and service delivery characteristics.
Successful Research Collaborations: Rules of Engagement For Community-Based Organizations
Author: Harlem Children's Zone | Year of Publication: 2012
Community-based organizations (CBOs) are frequently asked to provide evidence of their organizational effectiveness. Both private and public funders increasingly want proof their dollars are producing the desired outcomes. As a result, many non-profits and CBOs have embraced a data-driven approach and found it has broader uses: As they begin to understand “what works,” they save time and money by choosing or keeping only the most effective and rigorously evaluated strategies that produce the strongest outcomes.
Capacity-Building Toolkit Manual: Planning Back-Office Supports for Growing Promise Neighborhoods
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2012
This tool was specifically designed for organizations in Promise Neighborhoods to help them craft realistic visions and budgets for the back-office needs of managing their work. Given the variety in how Promise Neighborhoods are structured organizationally, this back-office capacity may be distributed among several partners or centralized in a lead agency. This tool provides guidance that each Promise Neighborhood can adapt to fit its model.
How to Evaluate Choice and Promise Neighborhoods
Author: Robin E. Smith | Year of Publication: 2011
Living in concentrated poverty stifles the life chances of adults and children. Efforts to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into places of opportunity must grapple with disadvantages, including distressed housing, failing schools, joblessness, poor health, and violence. Two federal initiatives seeking to address neighborhood deficiencies simultaneously are the U.S. Department of Education's Promise Neighborhoods effort and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Choice Neighborhoods program. Evaluating these efforts presents many methodological challenges.