Quad Cities Promise Neighborhood

Promise Neighborhood Grant Program o Based on the Harlem Children’s Zone project o Neighborhood revitalization o Coordinating existing services to create a “cradle to career continuum of services” o Education focus

Promise Neighborhood Efforts to Date Year One (2010) o Community-wide informational meeting o Established Lead Agent (Fiscal Agent) and Core Partnerships o Formation of Grant-writing Team o Submitted a Planning Grant Application for the City of Davenport Results: o Funding from the Department of Education: $10 million for 20 Planning Grants o Promise Neighborhoods Application finished in the top 35 o Invitation to join the Promise Neighborhoods Institute

Promise Neighborhood Efforts to Date Year Two (2011) o Formation of Governance Structure Steering Committee and Advisory Board o Formation of Task Forces o Restructured Grant-writing Team o Evaluation of existing community surveys o Conducted a residential needs survey o Submitted a Planning Grant Application for the City of Davenport Results: o Funding from the Department of Education: $ 30 million for 5 Implementation Grants and 15 Planning Grants o Promise Neighborhoods Application finished in the top 20, less than 2 points from the cut

2012 QC Promise Neighborhood Grant Promise Neighborhoods Pick a high-need neighborhood and use local resources to coordinate services to improve educational outcomes School Readiness Grade-level reading and math scores Attendance Graduation Rate Post-graduation education or training Safe routes to school Student mobility rate Parents who read to their children Parents who encourage college Broadband Internet access Access to Health Care Child exercise and healthy eating Youth mental health services

2012 QC Promise Neighborhood Grant % of Population in Poverty Median Family Income Adults w/o High School Degrees

2012 QC Promise Neighborhood Grant HUB SITES * Friendly House * United Neighbors * MLK Center SERVICE SITES * Community Health Care * Scott County Family Y * YWCA

2012 QC Promise Neighborhood Grant $5.4 million per year for 5 years Year One Budget Items $1 million in upgrades to both Davenport Community Schools and Rock Island School District Rock Island Safe Routes to School Expanded staff and hours of operation for hubs and service sites Extended hours for bus routes and free bus travel within QCPN Zone QCPN Staff (Director, Data, Development, Services)

2012 QC Promise Neighborhood Grant Cradle-to-Career Continuum of Service Five Year Goals Double the number of QCPN children who get pre- kindergarten educational training Increase the percentage of 3 rd -graders at level in Reading and Math by 10% Cut the percentage of middle schoolers who are chronically absent each school year in half Increase the graduation rate to 95% Increase the percentage of graduates who go on to earn post- secondary degrees by 13%

Promise Neighborhood Thank you.