Summary DocumentJuly 2011

PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS 2011 Competition

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only. Pleaserefer to the official Notice in the Federal Register.

VisionVisionThe vision of this program is that all children and youth growing up in Promise Neighborhoods have access to great schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and a career.

FundingFunding$30 million to be obligated by December 31, 2011

ApplicantsApplicantsEligible applicants are: (1)Nonprofit organizations,(2)Institutions of higher education, and (3)Indian tribes

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Promise Neighborhoods Summary

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only and do not reflect all changes. Please refer to the official Notices Inviting Application in the Federal Register.

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only and do not reflect all changes. Please refer to the official Notices Inviting Application in the Federal Register.3

Planning and Implementation Grants: The 2011 Promise Neighborhoods competition will be for both planning and implementation grants. 

Implementation PlanningEstimated Funding Available

Up to $23.5M* Up to $5M

Estimated Number of Grants

4-6 10

Estimated Size of Grants

$4M - $6M annually $500K

Term3 years with the potential for an

additional 2 years1 year

* the balance of funding ($1.5M) will be used for national activities—technical assistance, evaluation, and peer review

Major Changes from 2010

Competitive Preference Priorities (CPP)

Applicants for both planning and implementation grants may identify no more than two CPPs for the purpose of earning competitive preference points. The 2011 competition now includes four CPPs as noted below: CPP 4 – Comprehensive Local Early Learning Network (2 points)CPP 5 – Quality Internet Connectivity (1 point)CPP 6 – Arts and Humanities (1 point)CPP 7 – Quality Affordable Housing (partnership with the Department of Housing and Urban Development) (1 point)

Invitational Priority

Adult Education - The Secretary is interested in receiving applications with plans that are coordinated with adult education programs that provide training and opportunities for family members to support student learning. An application that meets this priority will not receive preference over other applications.

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only and do not reflect all changes. Please refer to the official Notices Inviting Application in the Federal Register.4

Major Changes from 2010

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only and do not reflect all changes. Please refer to the official Notices Inviting Application in the Federal Register.5

Results Framework: The implementation grant competition expands the results framework to also include goals for improving systems and leveraging resources 

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Matching Requirements

• The percentage amount of match remains the same for planning applicants—50% of the grant award, which includes public and private sources.

• The match amount for implementation applicants is 100% of the grant award, which also includes public and private sources, and 10% of which must come from private sources.

• Rural and tribal applicants are only required to provide half of the match requirement (25% for planning grants and 50% for implementation grants).

Eligibility •Retaining: Nonprofit organizations and Institutions of Higher Education

•Adding: Indian TribesNote: These slides are intended as guidance only and do not reflect all changes. Please refer to the official Notices Inviting Application in the Federal Register.

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Major Changes from 2010

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only and do not reflect all changes. Please refer to the official Notices Inviting Application in the Federal Register.

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Priority Alignment

Selection Criteria Planning ScoreImplementation

ScoreNeed Need for the Project 15 15

Strategy

Quality of the Project Design

20 25

Quality of the Project Services

20 15

Capacity Quality of the

Management Plan 45 45

Total Points 100 100

Selection Criteria: Compared to the 2010 Promise Neighborhoods competition, the selection criteria have been reduced and streamlined. In general, the criteria align with the priority requirements that applicants demonstrate need in the neighborhood, a strategy to build a cradle-to-career continuum of solutions, and the capacity to execute the strategy.

Major Changes from 2010

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Absolute Priority 1 – Promise Neighborhoods Plan

1. Neighborhood and need 2. How to build a cradle-to-career continuum of

solutions 3. Data and needs assessment 4. Experience, organizational capacity,

alignment of partners 5. Commitment to work with a national

evaluator

Absolute Priority 1 – Promise Neighborhoods Plan

1. Neighborhood and need 2. How to build a cradle-to-career continuum of

solutions 3. Data and needs assessment 4. Experience, organizational capacity,

alignment of partners 5. Commitment to work with a national

evaluator

Absolute Priority 2 – Rural Communities

1. Address all the requirements in Absolute Priority 1.

2. Serve only one or more rural communities.

Absolute Priority 2 – Rural Communities

1. Address all the requirements in Absolute Priority 1.

2. Serve only one or more rural communities.

All applicants must meet one of the absolute priorities

Absolute Priority 3 – Tribal Communities

1. Address all the requirements in Absolute Priority 1.

2. Serve at least one Indian tribe.

Absolute Priority 3 – Tribal Communities

1. Address all the requirements in Absolute Priority 1.

2. Serve at least one Indian tribe.

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only. Please refer to the official notice inviting applications, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in the Federal Register.

Competitive Priorities

• Comprehensive Early Learning Network

• Internet Connectivity

• Arts and Humanities

• Quality Affordable Housing (HUD Partnership)

Competitive Priorities

• Comprehensive Early Learning Network

• Internet Connectivity

• Arts and Humanities

• Quality Affordable Housing (HUD Partnership)

Promise Neighborhoods Priorities

Invitational Priority

Family Engagement in Learning Through Adult Ed

Optional Funding

Public safety (DOJ Partnership) for implementation grantees only

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MUST

MUST

MUST, TO RECEIVE A GRANT

Eligible Organization:Eligible Organization:

Indian Tribeor

TO RECEIVE A GRANT,MUST

• Be representative of the geographic area proposed to be served (including board members who are from the neighborhood, are low-income, and/or are public officials)

• Currently provide at least one of the solutions from the applicant’s proposed continuum of solutions in neighborhood to be served

• Operates or proposes to work with and involve in carrying out its proposed project, in coordination with the school’s LEA, at least one public elementary or secondary school that is located within the identified geographic area that the grant will serve

• Be representative of the geographic area proposed to be served (including board members who are from the neighborhood, are low-income, and/or are public officials)

• Currently provide at least one of the solutions from the applicant’s proposed continuum of solutions in neighborhood to be served

• Operates or proposes to work with and involve in carrying out its proposed project, in coordination with the school’s LEA, at least one public elementary or secondary school that is located within the identified geographic area that the grant will serve

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only. Please refer to the official notice inviting applications, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in the Federal Register.

Institution of Higher Education

or

Eligibility Requirements

Nonprofit Organization

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Need for the Project : Magnitude or severity of problems in neighborhood; description of neighborhood

Need for the Project : Magnitude or severity of problems in neighborhood; description of neighborhood

Quality of Project Design: Alignment of school improvement strategy; plan for complete continuum of solutions; leverage of neighborhood assets, coordination with other efforts

Quality of Project Design: Alignment of school improvement strategy; plan for complete continuum of solutions; leverage of neighborhood assets, coordination with other efforts

Quality of Project Services: Use of needs assessment; solutions are based on the best available evidence; ensure that solutions drive results and lead to changes on indicators

Quality of Project Services: Use of needs assessment; solutions are based on the best available evidence; ensure that solutions drive results and lead to changes on indicators

Quality of the Management Plan: Experience working in neighborhood; data management; alignment of partners; integration of funding to sustain and scale what works

Quality of the Management Plan: Experience working in neighborhood; data management; alignment of partners; integration of funding to sustain and scale what works

Peer Review

A panel of peerreviewers will

judgeapplications byallocating

points in each of the

categories based on how well an application proposes to address the criteria.

Peer Review

A panel of peerreviewers will

judgeapplications byallocating

points in each of the

categories based on how well an application proposes to address the criteria.

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only. Please refer to the official notice inviting applications, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in the Federal Register.

PN Selection Criteria

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Notice Published in Federal Register: July 6

Technical Assistance:Pre-Application Webinars (Planning): July 14 and August 2 Pre-Application Webinars (Implementation): July 19 and July 28

Applications:Intent to Apply Due: July 22Applications Due: September 6Applications Reviewed: Fall 2011All Grant Awards Announced: December 2011

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only. Please refer to the official notice inviting applications, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in the Federal Register.

Important PN Dates

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Promise Neighborhoods Website: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html

Notice Inviting Applications, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria

Application Package (includes the Notice Inviting Applications) Application Checklist Applicant Eligibility Checklist

Frequently Asked Questions

Promise Neighborhoods Summary Document (PowerPoint) Promise Neighborhoods At-A-Glance (quick reference)

Further questions may be sent to pn2011FAQ@ed.gov. Answers to the most frequently asked questions will be

posted on our website. Note: These slides are intended as guidance only. Please refer to the official notice inviting applications, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in the Federal Register.

Other Important Resources

Appendix

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Grade

Students Proficient in

Core Subjects

Indicator: #/% of students at or above grade level according to 3rd-8th grade and high school assessments

High School

Graduation

Indicator: Graduation rate in neighborhood high school

College/Career Success

Indicator: #/% of students with post secondary degrees or other credentials w/o need for remediationAge

Education Programs

Grantees must collect data for the five education indicators (program and project) stated above.

Family and Community Supports

Students Are Healthy

Indicator: #/% of children who participate in 60 minutes of physical activity daily and eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables daily

Students Feel Safe

Indicator: #/% of students who feel safe at school and traveling to and from school as measured by a school climate survey

Students Live in Stable

CommunitiesIndicator: Student mobility rate (as defined in notice inviting applications)

Family/Community

Support Learning

Indicator: #/% of families who read to their children, encourage their children to read, and talk to their children about college

Students w/ 21st Century

Learning ToolsIndicator: #/% students with school and home access to broadband and connected computing deviceGrantees must collect data for the five community support program indicators stated

above.Grantees may also select their own project indicator in each category to fit the needs

of their communities or use the indicators prescribed by ED.

Successful MS to HS Transition

Indicator: Attendance rate of students in sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades

Children Ready for Kindergarten

Indicators: #/% of young children who demonstrate age-appropriate functioning; have a medical home; and participate in early learning programs

Note: These slides are intended as guidance only. Please refer to the official notice inviting applications, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in the Federal Register.

PN Results and Indicators

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Families/children segmented by need Aligned City/Regional

Infrastructure and LeadershipEffective

Community Services

PN students meet outcomes, prepared for college and careerDistressed communities are transformedStrong Family

Supports

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PN Theory of Change

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RESOURCE LEVERAGING,

INTEGRATION, AND TARGETINGPrivate funding

(individual, corporate, philanthropic)

New Promise Neighborhoods funding, support (ED)

Other public funds, programs(ED, HUD, HHS, Justice, Labor, USDA, State, local, etc)

Build continuum of solutions with great schools at center

Integrate other community supports: housing, health, etc.

PN Theory of Action

Increase capacity of organizations focused on achieving results for children and youth in an entire neighborhoods

Increase capacity of organizations focused on achieving results for children and youth in an entire neighborhoods

Integrate programs and break down agency “silos”Integrate programs and break down agency “silos”

Sustain and “scale up” proven, effective solutionsSustain and “scale up” proven, effective solutions

Learn about impact of Promise Neighborhoods, relationship between particular strategies and student outcomes

Learn about impact of Promise Neighborhoods, relationship between particular strategies and student outcomes