Results by Term: Brief
Resources for Place-Based Initiatives
Author: Sarah Gillespie and Peter Tatian | Year of Publication: 2015
This brief reviews resources that provide more information and guidance on the major steps discussed in the Urban Institute brief “Six Steps to Success”: (1) define a set of indicators through which to measure and report results, (2) select target populations, and establish baseline population counts and penetration rates, (3) align evidence-based programs to indicators and target populations, (4) inventory available data and decide what original data collection is necessary, (5) establish an appropriate data system, and (6) collect and report on indicators.
Collecting and Using Performance Data in Place-Based Initiatives
Author: Sarah Gillespie and Peter Tatian | Year of Publication: 2015
A consensus is growing among funders and practitioners that effective performance measurement is essential to improving the results of community change efforts. Gathering and using performance data can be a daunting task, however, particularly for place-based initiatives that engage several service providers and aspire to bring about population-level change.
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.
Creating the Foundation to Accelerate Results for Black Males
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2013
This document is Part I of a series of papers developed to help communities promote Black male achievement in their neighborhoods. Part I provides a results-based framework for Promise Neighborhoods to systematically evaluate and respond to the particular needs of Black male children in the community. Subsequent papers will offer programmatic and policy solutions that Promise Neighborhoods can employ within this framework to sustain and enhance their impact on this population.
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.
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.
Sustaining Community Revitalization: A Tool for Preparing Budgets for Promise Neighborhood Initiatives
Author: Laura Martinez and Jenifer Gager Holland, The Finance Project | Year of Publication: 2011
This report shares how Promise Neighborhoods sites can plan and map fiscal needs, gaps in funding, and funding and financing strategies. It provides tools and guidance for thinking through costs of different components of an initiative.
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.
Building Capacity for Better Results
Author: Silloway, T.; The Finance Project | Year of Publication: 2010
This strategy brief discusses four approaches that leaders of youth-serving nonprofit organizations can pursue to help support and strengthen their organizational capacity: build accurate overhead rates into contracts and grants, access funding to directly support capacity building, access technical assistance to support or improve organizational capacity, and form partnerships to share administrative services.
Focusing on Results in Promise Neighborhoods: Recommendations for the Federal Initiative
Author: Promise Neighborhoods Institute | Year of Publication: 2009
This discussion paper is jointly authored by the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), PolicyLink, and the Center for the Study of Social Policy, with contributions by Child Trends.