“Promise Neighborhoods” are vibrant, thriving neighborhoods where children are ready for school,  go to good schools and have strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education, graduate from high school and go on to college and a successful career. 

While federal funding would have accelerated our progress in creating the Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood, the Sisters of Charity Foundation, residents of Central, and the host of partners and collaborators are not discouraged by the U.S. Department of Education's decision not to award our initiative the federal grant. Our collective and collaborative efforts already underway in the neighborhood with everyone working together to transform Central into a healthy thriving community.

 

The comprehensive anti-poverty efforts of the Harlem Children's Zone inspired the federal initiative. The Harlem project started with one block and no federal funding.