Sponsor of the HR 2882 Bill is Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. - D (NJ10). There are 4 other Democrat Co-Sponsors.
Promise Neighborhoods is a United States Department of Education program established under the legislative authority of the Fund for the Improvement of Education Program to improve educational outcomes for students in distressed urban and rural neighborhoods. $10 million was allocated in fiscal 2010 to support 21 communities with one year of funding to plan for the implementation of "cradle-to-career" services.[1][2] Funding for fiscal year 2011 increased to $30 million; funding for 2012 increased to $60 million. Funding for fiscal year 2013 has not been finalized but is expected to be between $60 million and $90 million.
The Promise Neighborhoods program is based on the experience of programs such as the Harlem Children's Zone, which has boosted students' academic outcomes dramatically. Under the Promise Neighborhood program, non-profit organizations (which may include faith-based non-profits) and institutions of higher education will be eligible for one-year grants supporting the design of comprehensive community programs. The programs must have the specific goal of preparing students for success in college and careers. As part of the planning process, applicants must focus their efforts on schools in the neighborhood and build services for students in those schools from birth through college or career.[1]
The Promise Neighborhoods Institute was established by PolicyLink to assist communities interested in participating in the Promise Neighborhoods program. The three partner agencies that make up the institute are PolicyLink, the Center for the Study of Social Policy, and the Harlem Children's Zone.[3][4]
AWARDS
The Department of Education announced the 21 recipients of Promise Neighborhood planning grants in September 2010. These year-long grants of up to $500,000 are to be used by the receiving organizations to develop a plan "to provide cradle-to-career services that improve the educational achievement and healthy development of children."[8] Recipients are in urban and rural communities, including one Indian reservation.
List of recipients and associated municipalities:
- Abyssinian Development Corporation, New York
- Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Athens Clarke County Family Connection, Inc., Athens, Georgia
- Berea College, Clay, Jackson, and OwsleyCounties, Kentucky
- Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana
- California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California
- Cesar Chavez Public Policy Charter High School, Washington, D.C.
- City of Promise c/o Children, Youth, and Family Services, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Community Day Care Center of Lawrence, Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Delta Health Alliance, Inc., Indianola, Mississippi
- Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Boston
- The Guidance Center, River Rouge, Michigan
- Lutheran Family Health Centers, New York
- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
- Neighborhood Centers Inc., Houston, Texas
- Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission, Los Angeles
- United Way of Central Massachusetts, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts
- United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County, Inc., San Antonio, Texas
- Universal Community Homes, Philadelphia
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Westminster Foundation, Buffalo, New York
- Youth Policy Institute, Los Angeles
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