Promise Neighborhood Planning Grant

The U.S. Department of Education has announced that they will be awarding Reading and Beyond a Promise Neighborhood planning grant, which is expected to be just under $500,000. Reading and Beyond will formulate an implementation plan and proposal to ultimately break the cycle of poverty in the Lowell/Jefferson/ Webster neighborhood, through alignment of academic and family support services. This grant is one of 15 proposals approved, out of 200 organizations who applied nationwide.

A press conference was held on December 22, 2011, at Fresno City Hall, to announce the grant. Among those in attendance were Luis Santana, Executive Director, Reading and Beyond; Ashley Swearengin, Mayor, City of Fresno; Larry Powell, Superintendent, Fresno County Office of Education.

(KSEE-24. December 22, 2011)



Reading And Beyond is dedicated to improving the academic success of children. 

From birth through high school, we work with children and their families, giving them the tools they need to achieve.

Our programs prepare children for kindergarten, tutor school-age students to grade-level reading, teach parents to support them in school, and help families overall by encouraging healthy lifestyle habits.

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