OpportunityTitle: The Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Promise Neighborhoods Program CFDA Number 84.215N
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: Under section 4623 of the ESEA, an eligible organization must:      (1) Be representative of the geographic area proposed to be served;      (2) Operate or propose to work with and involve in carrying out its   proposed project, in coordination with the school&apos;s LEA, at least one   public elementary or secondary school that is located within the   identified geographic area that the grant will serve;      (3) Be one of the following:      (a) An institution of higher education, as defined in section 102   of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1002);      (b) An Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, as defined in section 4   of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25   U.S.C. 5304); or      (c) One or more nonprofit entities working in formal partnership   with not less than one of the following entities:      i. A high-need LEA.      ii. An institution of higher education, as defined in section 102   of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1002).      iii. The office of a chief elected official of a unit of local government.      iv. An Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, as defined under   section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act   (25 U.S.C. 5304); and      (4) Currently provide at least one of the solutions from the applicant&apos;s proposed pipeline services in the geographic area proposed to be served.
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&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.215, not 84.215N).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Manager: email
GrantorContactText: Joyce Mays &lt;br/&gt;Management Analyst  &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6122 &lt;br/&gt;joyce.mays@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Officer: &lt;br/&gt;Adrienne Hawkins &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4W256, Washington, DC 20202.  &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 453-5638 or by email: &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: July 21, 2017.  Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: August 21, 2017.  Date of Pre-Application Webinars: The Promise Neighborhoods team intends to hold pre-application webinars to provide technical   assistance to interested applicants. Detailed information regarding these webinar times will be provided on the Promise Neighborhoods&apos; Web   site at https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/parental-options/promise-neighborhoods-pn/.  Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 5, 2017.