$150 million for Promise Neighborhoods (?)

From Patrick Lester’s Building Neighborhoods blog…

President Obama’s FY 2012 budget proposal was released this morning (February 14). The budget proposes $150 million for Promise Neighborhoods, $250 million for Choice Neighborhoods, and $30 million for the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation program for the federal fiscal year that begins October 1, 2011.

According to the documents: “The Budget reflects a strategy in which HUD, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies will work together, coinvesting, and pooling their expertise as part of a focused Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative.”

We are still searching for any other relevant parts and will update the blog as we find them. For those who want more details, please be sure to tune into the February 15 Neighborhood Revitalization Budget Briefing, which will include speakers from the White House and departments. (RSVPs required, please click the link for details).

Here is the relevant language from the budget:

Promise Neighborhoods: Invests $150 million in Promise Neighborhoods, to support effective community services, strong family supports, and rigorous comprehensive education reforms to improve the educational and life outcomes for children and youth in high-need communities.

Choice Neighborhoods: The Budget provides $250 million for the Choice Neighborhoods initiative to continue transformative investments in high-poverty neighborhoods where distressed HUD-assisted public and privately-owned housing is located. The Budget will reach five to seven neighborhoods with grants that primarily fund the preservation, rehabilitation and transformation of HUD-assisted public and privately-owned multifamily housing, and will also engage local governments, nonprofits, and for-profit developers in partnerships to improve surrounding communities.

This initiative is a central element of the Administration’s interagency, place-based strategy to support local communities in developing the tools they need to revitalize neighborhoods of concentrated poverty into neighborhoods of opportunity. The Budget reflects a strategy in which HUD, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies will work together, coinvesting, and pooling their expertise as part of a focused Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative.

Byrne: The Budget provides $30 million for the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program, which supports the Administration’s multiagency Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative by directing resources where they are needed in higher-risk neighborhoods, integrating public safety, housing services, and other investments.