Results by Term: Program Delivery/Partners
Understanding Federal Tools for Building Youth and Family Financial Capability
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2016
On March 29, 2016, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink hosted a webinar to discuss strategies to use federal tools to build youth and family financial capability in Promise Neighborhoods. Anamita Gall (ICF International) and Dr. Deborah Moore (Indianola Promise Community) shared best practices for using federal tools, such as the Assets for Independence Initiative, to break the cycle of generational poverty, ensure students live in stable communities, and integrate financial capability services into Promise Neighborhoods strategies to improve outcomes for all underserved children and their families.
Sustaining Parent Engagement throughout the Cradle to Career Continuum (GPRAs 12-14)
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2016
Parent and community engagement is critical to achieving and sustaining Promise Neighborhoods results. Research demonstrates children whose parents are involved in their reading and learning are more likely to have stronger academic performances and fewer absences.
Addressing the Impact of Trauma on Academic Performance and School Attendance
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2016
Exposure to a traumatic event places a young person at risk of a lower reading proficiency, a lower grade -point average, and more days of school absences. Throughout their lifetimes, many young students living in underserved communities will experience one or more traumatic events, putting them at risk of chronic absenteeism and lower academic proficiency.
Using Data to Make a Difference for Boston-Area Students At Risk of Homelessness
Author: Mary Bogle, Katya Abazajian | Year of Publication: 2016
This Urban Wire blog post details how a Boston- area Promise Initiative used data to promote academic success and to fight homelessness.
Postsecondary Success in Promise Neighborhoods
Author: The Center for the Study of Social Policy | Year of Publication: 2016
This promising practices guide is a resource for Promise Neighborhoods as they work to improve postsecondary outcomes for students.
Early Learning in Promise Neighborhoods
Author: The Center for the Study of Social Policy | Year of Publication: 2016
Many Promise Neighborhoods grantees are well into the implementation phase and adopting different approaches to achieve the common result that all children enter kindergarten ready to succeed. In 2012, the Center for the Study of Social Policy authored a report with snapshots of the early learning work taking shape in the first cohort of Promise Neighborhoods grantees.
Using Data to Make a Difference for Boston-Area Students at Risk of Homelessness
Author: Urban Institute | Year of Publication: 2016
This blog entry is a grantee spotlight on how a Boston-area Promise Initiative uses data to promote academic success and fight homelessness.
Supporting Place-Based Initiatives: Data-Driven Promise in the District of Columbia
Author: Leah Hendey, G. Thomas Kingsley | Year of Publication: 2015
NeighborhoodInfo DC supports the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI) and is a partner in the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, a peer-learning network operated by the Urban Institute. To inform its planning efforts, DCPNI used the data NeighborhoodInfo DC staff had compiled and analyzed. NeighborhoodInfo DC participated in working groups and shared data on crime, education, and early childhood that highlighted important issues and drove the formation of program strategies.
Promoting Academic Proficiency in Promise Neighborhoods
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2015
<p> Academic achievement is vital to children's educational attainment and economic well-being. The Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink hosted this webinar to discuss best practices and approaches to improve academic proficiency rates in Promise Neighborhoods communities (Government Performance and Results Act indicator 4 per previous 2013 guidance). The webinar features the following experts:</p><ul><li>Sherry Taubert, Project Director, Berea Promise Neighborhood</li><li>Christina Theokas, Ph.D., Director of Research, Education Trust</li></ul>
School Readiness and Promise Neighborhoods
Author: First 5 LA | Year of Publication: 2015
This presentation explores school readiness research and the best practices and trends affecting school readiness. It also introduces First 5 LA's Early Childhood Education strategy.