The Promise Neighborhoods program infuses millions of dollars over fixed periods of time \u2014typically $30 million over five years \u2014 into the most distressed communities across America, with the intention of creating and sustaining cradle-to-career support for children and youth. These grants are ideal seeds of innovation that can be nurtured over time and scaled by neighborhoods that join StriveTogether\u2019s national network after the grant period end. They provide an incredible boost of financial resources and technical assistance for a model collective impact approach that the StriveTogether framework and Cradle to Career Network can sustain over the long term.<\/p>\n

Promise Neighborhoods and StriveTogether can serve as an example where government plants the seeds of innovation in a community, and the nonprofit sector cultivates and makes possible the full blossom of sustainability and community transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month, I moderated a panel discussion, \u201cPromise Neighborhoods at 10 Years Old,\u201d at the Yale School of Management\u2019s 2019 Education Leadership Conference. Promise Neighborhoods communities share our belief that every child should have the opportunity to succeed in school and in life, regardless of race, zip code or circumstance. The purpose of Promise…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":11390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-11389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capabilitiy-building","tag-blog","category-218","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\n