Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grants

The U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications for a $10 million planning grants competition for the Promise Neighborhood program - an initiative meant to support comprehensive, community-based efforts to prepare youths from economically distressed neighborhoods for college and careers. Up to 20 planning grants of up to $500,000 each will be awarded. The competition is open to nonprofits and institutions of higher learning. The initiative will support up to 20 organizations with one year of funding to plan for implementing "cradle-to-career" services. The Promise Neighborhoods program will award one-year grants to support the development of a plan to implement a Promise Neighborhood.