Hope zone promise neighborhoods

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $2,266,839 to Omega Community Development Corporation on January 1, 2027, under the Promise Neighborhoods program (CFDA 84.215.N), a component of the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects federal grant program.

Omega Community Development Corporation, a Dayton-based non-profit focused on cradle-to-career place-based services for families in concentrated poverty, will operate the award through December 31, 2027, in Trotwood, Ohio. The Promise Neighborhoods program supports communities in increasing educational opportunities and improving academic and developmental outcomes for children, youth, and families from birth through college by providing a continuum of services and supports designed to address the needs of neighborhoods with high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, academic challenges, and involvement of community members in the justice system. Omega Community Development Corporation delivers youth development, family development, and economic development services, including after-school programs and other youth programming, to support this mission.