Results by Term: Report

Sharing Results: A Guide for Communicating Promise Neighborhoods Outcomes to Diverse Audiences

Author: AEM Corp. | Year of Publication: 2019

This guide is designed for project teams working on place-based initiatives as a resource for establishing a communications strategy and developing compelling stories about their work. It offers a useful framework for stakeholder engagement and an application of this framework to the Promise Neighborhoods context. The guide also includes a resource list with tools and references that readers can access to support the actions recommended throughout the guide.

Integrating Family Financial Security into Cradle-to-Career Pipelines: Learning Lessons from Promise Neighborhoods

Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2016

With support from Citi Foundation, PolicyLink and the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink (PNI) joined forces with five PNI communities (Brooklyn, New York; Los Angeles, California; Chula Vista, California; Orlando, Florida; and Indianola, Mississippi) to design and carry out strategies for embedding financial security into their pipelines of supports. The collaborative effort set out to embed the concepts of budgeting, emergency savings, saving for college, and credit access, into existing PNI programs.

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.

Making Good on a Promise: Working to End Intergenerational Poverty in Kenilworth-Parkside

Author: Megan Gallagher, Brittany Murray, Maia Woluchem, Susan J. Popkin | Year of Publication: 2015

The DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI) is on a mission to end the cycle of intergenerational poverty in Kenilworth-Parkside, a geographically isolated community in Northeast Washington, DC. By partnering with local organizations to provide targeted, data-driven interventions to youth and parents, DCPNI is working to improve educational, economic, health, and socio-emotional outcomes within a community plagued by the effects of concentrated poverty.

Preparing and Fielding High-Quality Surveys: Practical Strategies for Successfully Implementing Neighborhood and School Climate Surveys in Promise Neighborhoods

Author: Kaitlin Franks Hildner, Elizabeth Oo, Peter A. Tatian | Year of Publication: 2015

This document builds on earlier guidance on preparing and administering surveys in chapter 7 of Measuring Performance: A Guidance Document for Promise Neighborhoods on Collecting Data and Reporting Results. The document also expands on lessons learned from the experiences of Promise Neighborhoods implementation grantees to provide practical guidance on how to prepare and manage high-quality neighborhood and school surveys. 

Continually Improving Promise Neighborhoods: The Role of Case Management Data

Author: Mary Bogle, Sarah Gillespie, Christopher Hayes | Year of Publication: 2015

This report summarizes how to review case management data in the context of a Promise Neighborhood’s strategy, particularly its theory of change and results framework. Although written based on experience gained working with Promise Neighborhoods, the guidance can be adapted to similar place-based and comprehensive change efforts.

From Cradle to Career: The Multiple Challenges Facing Immigrant Families in Langley Park Promise Neighborhood

Author: Molly M. Scott, Graham MacDonald, Juan Collazos, Ben Levinger, Eliza Leighton, Jamila Ball | Year of Publication: 2014

With estimates predicting that immigrants and their children will account for most U.S. population growth over the next four decades, it is critical to understand how to build ladders of opportunity for these families. This report assesses the needs of Langley Park, an immigrant neighborhood outside Washington, DC. Langley Park families are resilient but experience substantial hardships that may stall the progress of subsequent generations. At six crucial life transitions, children lag behind on indicators of future success.

Some Considerations Pertinent to a Promise Neighborhoods National Evaluation

Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2014

This document describes key issues to consider when undertaking a comprehensive evaluation of the performance and impact of the Promise Neighborhoods grantees at large. The guidance offers the perspective of organizations working at the intersection of evaluation and practice—seeking to improve the outcomes for children and families with low incomes and to understand the most effective ways of measuring results.

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.