Results by Term: Parent and Community Engagement
Supporting Age-Appropriate Functioning in Promise Neighborhoods (GPRA 2)
Author: PolicyLink | Year of Publication: 2014
This webinar features best -practices and effective strategies Promise Neighborhoods are using to promote the age-appropriate functioning of young children in their communities. In doing so, this webinar aims to equip Promise Neighborhoods and other community leaders with the knowledge, tools, and resources to turn the curve on the baseline indicator for Government Performance and Results Act 2 (per previous 2013 guidance): the number and percentage of 3-year-olds and children entering kindergarten who demonstrate age-appropriate functioning.
The following experts are featured ion this webinar:
- Michelle Palo, Project Services Director, Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ)
- Andre Dukes, Family Academy Director, NAZ
- Maureen Seiwert, NAZ Early Childhood Action Team Co-Leader, Executive Dir. of Early Childhood Education for Minneapolis Public Schools
- Dianne Haulcy, NAZ Early Childhood Action Team Co-Leader, Office of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges
Astoria Houses Neighborhood Survey for Zone 126 Promise Neighborhood, 2012
Author: Chris Narducci, Amanda Mireles, Jennifer Comey | Year of Publication: 2012
Zone 126 is a nonprofit neighborhood organization in Queens, New York City, that received a Promise Neighborhoods planning grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 2011. The Urban Institute developed a neighborhood survey for residents of Astoria Houses, a public housing development in the Zone 126 neighborhood, to support Zone 126’s needs assessment and planning process. Zone 126 used results from the survey to inform the initiative’s family and child-centered programming.
Impact in Place: A Progress Report on the Department of Education's Place-Based Strategy
Author: US Department of Education | Year of Publication: 2012
In 2010 and 2011, President Obama directed the Office of Management and Budget, the Domestic Policy Council, the National Economic Council, and the Office of Urban Affairs to conduct a comprehensive review of federal programs affecting places, the first of its kind in 30 years. Agencies were asked to consider how place matters to their work and how their policies affect the development of urban and rural areas and how well those places support their residents, in all aspects of their lives—education, health, housing, energy, and transportation.
Bringing Promise to Washington, DC
Author: Jennifer Comey, Molly M. Scott, Susan J. Popkin, and Elsa Falkenburger | Year of Publication: 2012
This brief highlights Washington DC's Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI) and its efforts starting in 2008, even before the grant began. Written after DPNI’s planning year, the brief describes planned activities and next steps in implementation.
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.
Beyond Lessons in the Field: Creating and Sustaining Partnerships in Promise Neighborhoods
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2011
This fact sheet provides frequently asked questions and answers for using partnerships for effective implementation and long-term sustainability of Promise Neighborhoods. The factsheet provides examples from communities where partnerships have helped communities succeed.
Beyond Lessons in the Field: Community Engagement in Promise Neighborhoods
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2011
This fact sheet details information on building strong leadership for supported, respectful, long-lasting community engagement and partnerships in Promise Neighborhoods.
A Guide to Setting Up Congressional Site Visits
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2011
This guide outlines the process for undertaking a site visit with U.S. Senators and Representatives.
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.
Planning a Promise Neighborhood
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2010
The Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink turned to the Bridgespan Group to develop this planning guide. The document is based on Bridgespan’s experience developing business plans with the Harlem Children’s Zone and other neighborhood initiatives that seek to improve outcomes for children from families with low incomes. The guide also incorporates lessons learned from other comprehensive community -change initiatives across the nation, and Bridgespan’s cumulative knowledge gained from helping hundreds of nonprofit leaders expand their antipoverty, education, and youth-development services.