An Introduction to the City of Promise

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In the early 1990s, HCZ ran a pilot project that brought a range of support services to a single block. The idea was to address all the problems that poor families were facing: from crumbling apartments to failing schools, from violent crime to chronic health problems. In 2007, the Zone grew to almost 100 blocks.

A Promise Neighborhoods planning grant is a one-year award to support eligible organizations (as defined in the notice) that need to develop feasible plans to create a continuum of solutions with the potential to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in a neighborhood.

The primary expected output during the planning year is a feasible plan to implement a continuum of cradle-through-college-to-career solutions that will significantly improve results for children.

Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and segmentation analysis (as defined in the notice) of children and youth in the neighborhood.

Develop a plan to deliver the continuum of solutions with the potential to drive results. This includes building community support for an involvement in the development of the plan.

Establish effective partnerships both to provide solutions along the continuum and to commit resources to sustain and scale up what works.

Plan, build, adapt, or expand a comprehensive, longitudinal data system that will provide information that the grantees will use for learning, continuous improvement, and accountability;

Participate in a community of practice, as defined in the notice.

City of Promise Participation

Authentically Engage the Community - Residents

Conversations - Community Organizers

Needs Assessment - UVA Youth-Nex/Residents

Build Pathway based on plan - Partners

Build Infrastructure, Data, Financial Support―Officials

City of Promise Circular Structure

Steering Committee

1/3 Residents1/3 City Officials

1/3 Partners

Administration

Administration

Grants Management

Community Engagement

PublicRelations

InformationExchange

Director

Development Officer

Community Organizer

Community Organizer

Community Organizer

Community Organizer

Parent CouncilParent Council

Youth CouncilYouth

Council

Data Specialist

Volunteer Coordinator

Afterschool Coordinator

CCSAssociate

Superintendent

Charlottesville City of Promise