Department of Education

Description

Purpose of Program: The Promise Neighborhoods program is newly authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Succeeds Act (ESSA). The purpose of the Promise Neighborhoods program is to significantly improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. The program serves neighborhoods with high concentrations of low-income individuals; multiple signs of distress, which may include high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, academic failure, and juvenile delinquency, adjudication, or incarceration; and schools implementing comprehensive support and improvement activities or targeted support and improvement activities under section 1111(d) of the ESEA. All strategies in the continuum of solutions must be accessible to children with disabilities and English learners. Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.215, not 84.215N).

Who can apply

• Others

Contact

Joyce Mays <br/>Management Analyst <br/>Phone 202-245-6122 <br/>joyce.mays@ed.gov <br/>Program Officer: <br/>Adrienne Hawkins <br/>U.S. Department of Education <br/>400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4W256, Washington, DC 20202. <br/>Telephone: (202) 453-5638 or by email: <br/>
PromiseNeighborhoods@ed.gov.