Results by Term: Data Management Systems
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.
Service Coordination to Achieve Results in Promise Neighborhoods
Author: The Center for the Study of Social Policy | Year of Publication: 2010
This paper shares several observations derived from the history and difficulty of coordinating services in past initiatives. First, service coordination that appropriately serves as a means to an end (improved results for children and families, in the case of Promise Neighborhoods) should flow from a strong, shared sense of the results to be achieved. Second, this requires an agreed on set of results developed through a collaborative process that recognizes a shared responsibility and accountability.
Choosing a Data System for your Promise Neighborhood
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: No date
To build a strong Promise Neighborhood and be well positioned to seek funding and demonstrate success, communities should incorporate a robust data collection and evaluation plan into their work. Communities seeking federal funding will need to meet U.S. Department of Education requirements, but all communities should use a comprehensive data system to collect and organize data, and help inform decision-making.
Using Data to Make a Difference: Keys to Success
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: No date
This fact sheet provides tips and resources for Promise Neighborhoods to effectively approach data. It contains best practices on data collection and sharing and use of information to document community needs, design solutions, and monitor progress.
Why Promise Neighborhoods are Keeping Score
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: No date
This brief discusses the purpose behind using results-based approaches on initiatives like Promise Neighborhoods. It presents Clear Impact's contribution to data collection and results focused on Promise Neighborhoods operations.
Evidence-Based Practice: A Primer for Promise Neighborhoods
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: No date
This fact sheet discusses evidence-based practices, including the following:
- Why is evidence-based practice Iimportant?
- What kind of evidence makes a program “evidence-based”?
- Is an evidence-based program appropriate for your community?
- How to frame the evidence for your proposed programs