From the Office of Innovation and Improvement.
As the 21 planning grantees of the Promise Neighborhoods initiative
get underway, help for them is being provided by not only the Office of
Innovation and Improvement and other Department of Education programs,
but also from the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, an
independent, nonprofit resource offering tools, information, and
strategies to communities interested in creating their own Promise
Neighborhood--whether they received a federal grant or not. The
Institute, which serves as a comprehensive hub for high-quality
technical assistance providers and consultants, including PolicyLink,
the Harlem Children's Zone, the Center for the Study of Social
Policy, and Bridgespan, offers an interactive map of Promise
Neighborhood allies and a discussion forum for federal grantees and
non-grantees alike. Other organizations facilitating the sharing of
information among communities include the United Neighborhood
Council's Building Neighborhoods blog. (January 2011)