Learn Indy East - Indy East Promise Zone

Learn Indy East

We promise all children will receive exceptional education from birth to adulthood including developmentally appropriate early childhood services, high quality and innovative schools and access to postsecondary education and training.

OUR GOAL:

Education

School Readiness

Improve school readiness for young children, infant to pre-k, so they enter kindergarten physically, socially, and academically ready to learn.

Supplemental Programs

Improve academic achievement of school age children through supplemental programs including out of school time providers, in-school interventions and community services that ensure children come to school healthy and ready to learn.

Student Retention

Implement a comprehensive strategy that increases student retention and graduation rates as well as development of a post-secondary plan.

View the full Learn Indy East Promise Zone strategy

Are you interested in learning more about the strategy behind the Learn Indy Promise and goals? You can access the full document or just view the specific Learn Indy East goals and partners.

Learn Indy East Promise Zone Funding History

To date, the Learn Indy East goal has raised over $54M in funding for initiatives that support the Eastside of Indianapolis.

Amount Received for Learn Indy East: $54,404,256.70

Indy East Promises

Promise Neighborhood

October 1, 2022

The IndyEast Promise Neighborhood is both a place and a strategy led by John Boner Neighborhood Center and Edna Martin Christian Center. The IndyEast Promise Neighborhood ...

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Full Service Community Schools Program

August 31, 2020

The Martindale-Brightwood Education Zone with Edna Martin Christian Center serving asthe lead will implement the Full-Service Community School program targeting three schools inthe Martindale-Brightwood neighborhoods ...

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Full-Service Community Schools

April 15, 2019

This grant from the Department of Education is for the placement of Community School Coordinators who ensure the coordination of supportive services for students and ...

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Two-Generational Programming

August 4, 2016

The Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS) awarded United Way of Central Indiana in support of its two-generational educational programming for preschool-aged children and their ...

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Early Comprehensive Childhood Systems Impact

July 1, 2016

The Early Comprehensive Systems Impact grant allowed the Indiana State Department of Health to provide a centralized telephone access point connecting families of IndyEast Promise ...

Learn Indy East Map

This map outlines all the educational institutions located on the Near Eastside of Indianapolis within the Promise Zone boundaries. These institutions include schools and locations for individuals to access high-quality early childhood education.

View the Learn Indy East Map.

Our People, Their Stories: Caroline Barnes, IndyEast Promise Zone VISTA

February 1, 2024

Caroline is the Education & Workforce Development Coordinator VISTA for the IndyEast Promise Zone. She

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News and Resources

Read the latest updates about Learn IndyEast projects, awarded grants, and milestones.

Thomas Gregg Celebrates Black History Month

March 11, 2022

This February, Thomas Gregg celebrated Black History Month in a big way. The whole school

Near Eastside Chosen for The U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhood Grant

December 17, 2021

This month, the near eastside of Indianapolis was chosen to be a Promise Neighborhood by

The side of the PR Mallory building

PR Mallory, One Year Later

July 20, 2021

On this first anniversary of PR Mallory’s grand opening, we at the Promise Zone believe

Minnie Hartman building at opening

NEAR and Shepherd Open the New Minnie Hartmann Childcare Center, an Accumulation of 6 Years of Planning

August 10, 2020

Near East Area Renewal (NEAR) and Shepherd Community Center celebrated the opening of the childcare