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Essay / The DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative: A Cost Estimate
OverviewThe DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI) builds on promising practices from a body of national work that suggests dual-generation programming is an effective strategy to break the cycle of poverty. Specifically, two-generation strategies that suggest integrating education, employment opportunities, and peer support for parents with academic and support services for their children will produce much more promising results for parents. parents and their child. The DCPNI Academy for Girls and Their Mothers is a 12-month program in which school-age girls attending Cesar Chavez Public Charter School will join their classmates and the caring woman in their lives for Saturday workshops Morning. These pairs will learn about healthy relationships, healthy eating and lifestyles, and teen pregnancy prevention. Partner programs working with the DCPNI College and Career Readiness, Parent Academy and Workforce Readiness programs will support pairs with workshops on financial literacy, building 21st century skills, SAT and degree preparation high school education or GED, and building social-emotional skills if necessary. .Service CountThe DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative community is made up of several different neighborhoods in a very isolated section of Ward 7 in Washington DC. This small community has experienced higher rates of teen pregnancy, poverty, and lack of education than the District of Columbia as a whole. For these reasons, the community of 5,725 people was named an up-and-coming neighborhood that could benefit from more aggressive interventions. Cesar Chavez Public Charter School in Parkside is the only middle school in the target community. This program will be tested at school, with a spe...... middle of paper...... December 13, 2013, from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/2012/ app-dcpni.pdf (p. 7-8) Cesar Chavez Public Charter School (2012). Annual report 2011-2012. Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://www.dcpcsb.org/data/files/2013_Applications/2011-2012_Annual_Report_1S4CesarChavezPCS.pdf (p. 12, p. 13.)DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (July 26, 2012). P. 13DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (July 26, 2012). P. 8Kenilworth Primary School (2011). Facilities Master Plan. Accessed December 13, 2013, from http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/DocUploads/DataShop/DS_177.pdfDC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (2012, July 26). Washington Area Women's Foundation (2013). Washington Area Women's Foundation: Funding Opportunities. Retrieved December 14, 2013 from http://thewomensfoundation.org/join-us/become-a-grantee-partner/funding-opportunities/