District Of Columbia Promise Neighborhood Initiative Inc

Programs: Education & learning: the building blocks to a successful academic career begins with providing opportunities to engage infants and toddlers in skill development that will support literacy and numeracy learning. Dcpni's stay and play and take and play programs are a hallmark of this effort. The k-12 transformation is enhanced by partnerships developed with designated schools within the kenilworth parkside footprint. Dcpni continues to operate a successful out of school time program which resides both in the community and in the school setting. This program provides tutoring, media arts/technology, health/fitness, performing arts, and college career readniness to those participants served. The overall objectives are as follows: 1) address learning loss and support academic proficiency, 2) provide mentors and role models, and 3) promote healthy living through proper nutrition and physical fitness.

family & community engagement: dcpni's family and community engagement programs are designed to increase parental engagement, enhance parental support networks, increase community awareness and advocacy, and support workforce development. Dcpni launched mom's on the move programs which engage and equip parents to improve their quality of life for themselves and their families through the achievement of the aforementioned goals. Dcpni continues to operate a parent resource center at neval thomas

data & evaluation: the data and evaluation department measures the effectiveness of all of dcpni's programmatic work. This team launched its primary data collection method through neighborhood, school, and alumni surveys. This information has been used in concert with other data sets to inform programming needs and gaps. In addition, data sets are collected on the outcomes of services delivered by program partners. Where needed, this department provides technical assistance to support partner ag