A webinar series hosted by Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, you'll learn how to create a strategic business plan that is clear about how many children and families must be served over time to achieve desired results, based on a set of assumptions about how interventions will be expanded over time, estimates naturally escalating and new programs costs for staff and infrastructure, presents costs in different ways (e.g., by result area, intervention, cost per participant, etc.) and estimates short and long term funding gaps

Host:

• Kate Shoemaker, Harlem Children's Zone

Guests:

• Michael Etzel, Bridgespan
• Tracey K. Costello, Harlem Children’s Zone
• Margo Wright, Harlem Children’s Zone
• Lauren Scopaz, Harlem Children’s Zone

A webinar series hosted by Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, you'll learn howNavigate collecting data for the Promise Neighborhoods indicators Better understand needs assessment and segmentation analysis

Host:

• Frank Farrow, The Center for the Study of Social Policy

Guests:

• Jennifer Comey, Urban Institute
• Steve Spiker, Urban Strategies Council

A webinar series hosted by Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, you'll learn about a model to developing a platform for community data sharing and use Strategies for Addressing FERPA and HIPAA when designing a longitudinal data system

Host:

• Victor Rubin, PolicyLink

Guests:

• Vanessa Bekkouche-Samuelson, Information Coordinator, The Providence Plan
• Steve Winnick, Attorney, Education Counsel 

• Jon Neiditz, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

A webinar series hosted by Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, you'll learn about using data for program improvement, building capacity to increase accountability in a diverse community collaborative and results-based accountability that helps leaders and organizations plan; choose realistic, goals; implement effective strategies; and identify clear benchmarks by which to measure success.

Host:

• Betina Jean-Louis, Director, Evaluation, Harlem Children's Zone

Guests:

• Shana Brodnax, Senior Manager, Early Childhood Programs, Harlem Children's Zone
• Sebastian Schreiner, Former Data and Evaluation Coordinator, Making Connections San Antonio

A webinar series hosted by Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, you'll learn about how schools, school districts and partners.

Host:

• Cheryl Rogers, Consultant

Guests:

• Bill Shepardson, Center for the Study of Social Policy
• Jazmine Lewis, Program Director, The Harlem Children’s Zone

The idea behind evidence-based practice (EBP) is to invest resources and energy in programs, services, and policies that have empirical evidence demonstrating they work. Increasingly, funders are encouraging grantees to use evidence-based approaches. The federal Promise Neighborhoods program exemplifies this shift.

In describing what a planning grant applicant must include in a proposal to develop a continuum of cradle-to-college solutions, the Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) makes several references to the evidence base. Applicants must:

• Propose solutions based on the best available evidence including, where available,strong or moderate evidence; and
• Describe the evidence supporting each proposed solution.  

This guide is designed to help applicant organizations and neighborhood coalitions navigate through the guidelines and application or the 2010 Promise Neighborhoods planning grant andunderstand the key elements, priorities, and requirements of this funding opportunity.

What’s your vision of a Promise Neighborhood? What’s your personal promise to make that vision a reality? We asked these questions to people just like you for the "I Promise" Video Campaign. The responses we heard were moving and inspirational. Listen to the promises they shared -- and consider what you can do to help make your community a Promise Neighborhood.

What’s your vision of a Promise Neighborhood? What’s your personal promise to make that vision a reality? We asked these questions to people just like you for the "I Promise" Video Campaign. The responses we heard were moving and inspirational. Listen to the promises they shared -- and consider what you can do to help make your community a Promise Neighborhood.

The Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink maintains a robust community of practice of sites using the Promise Neighborhoods model to improve outcomes for children and families.

The powerpoint comes from the convening of Promise Neighborhoods implementation sites in Baltimore, MD April 18-19, 2013