Grant for
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Year
2015
Program
Major Investments - Education
Amount
$1,000,000
Term
25 months
The Big Idea
Support Promise Neighborhood concept.
The Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood (SPPN) currently serves students at three school sites in the Frogtown and Summit-University neighborhoods, which are home to an overwhelming majority of low-income families and households of color. SPPN will expand to a new site, Benjamin E. Mays Elementary, and reach 500 more students in the process. All four sites will host navigator staff to support family participation and involvement and offer culturally-based out-of-school time literacy programs focused on African American and Hmong students.