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Morehouse School of Medicine Awarded $500,000 Grant from U.S. Department of Education to Launch Atlanta's Promise Neighborhood
Morehouse School of Medicine Awarded $500,000 Grant from
U.S. Department of Education to
Launch Atlanta's Promise Neighborhood
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta (UWMA) have
formed a unique partnership to improve the educational, health, and social development
outcomes for children and youth by building a holistic, community-centered education
continuum that serves children and families living on the west side of Atlanta. The
initiative, known as Atlanta's Promise Neighborhood, was designed to carry out ten
specified planning activities, to address the Secretary's Absolute Priority 1-Proposal
to Develop a Promise Neighborhood Plan. The geographic area for Atlanta's Promise
Neighborhood - comprised of 16 census tracts surrounding the Atlanta University Center
campus and spans over parts of seven zip-codes - was selected by MSM and UWMA based
on a need index that took into account income, education, housing issues, and population
density, as well as other signs of distress and the potential of extant community
resources to improve outcomes for children and families.
The primary focus of the Atlanta Promise Neighborhood will be the Booker T. Washington
High School feeder system, which includes Kennedy Middle and Bethune Elementary.
MSM will be joined in this work by a broad-based set of partners that comprise the
project's Advisory Board, including: United Way of Metro Atlanta, Atlanta Public Schools,
Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, Chatham-County Youth Futures Authority,
Atlanta Community Food Bank, Arthur M. Blank Family YMCA, and Georgia Family Connection
Partnership.
Should our plan be accepted, MSM will receive up to $10 million a year for the next
five years to implement the plan.