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Promise Neighborhoods leaders ask Legislature for $17.5 million to prevent funding cliff
Summary
Promise Neighborhoods representatives told the subcommittee recent state one-time funding helped produce early gains in kindergarten readiness, reduced chronic absenteeism and other outcomes; they asked the Legislature for $17.5 million one-time to sustain four state-supported sites and seed expansion.
Officials from California Promise Neighborhoods urged the subcommittee to shore up funding after a two-year state investment produced measurable local results but faces a looming fiscal cliff.
Edgar Chavez, executive director of Hayward Promise Neighborhoods, summarized the network’s accomplishments and asked the Legislature for a $17.5 million one-time allocation. Chavez said the $13.5 million initial investment in…
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