Neighborhood Networking Grants

Promise Partners, with the help of the Pottawattamie Youth Council have selected 10 local organizations to recieve grant funding. These funds will be used in Pottawattamie County to provide safe & structured activities to children, youth, & families. A list of recipients is below:

• Boys & Girls Club of Council Bluffs: Keystone Club
• CampFire USA: Summer Wellness Program
• Children's Square USA- Ch.1 Program: activities including Summer Kickoff & Back to School Event
• Crescent Early Childhood Center: Summer day camps & scholarships
• Elevate: startup & activities to develop a local chapter for foster care & adoptive teens
• In Jesus Name Services: Jubilee Kids Program
• MOHM's Place: Back to School Carnival
• Trailblazers of Crossroads Christian Center: ParksQuest Adventures & other activities
• Treynor Elementary: Community Multi-cultural Night
• Western Historic Trails Center: Summer Day Camps & Independence Day Celebration

Iowa West Foundation Grant

Promise Partners has received a three-year commitment ($135,000 total) from Iowa West Foundation to expand our Community Networking initiative in the county. We are entering our 4th year of awarding small grants to youth-led and community-based projects to make the county's communities safer and more supportive for children and families. This initative was created to fund positive projects that create or expand networks and activities for children and youth in their neighborhoods, in turn building lasting relationships between adults, youth and children. The Pottawattamie Youth Council reviews applications. This fits within our Community Partnerships for Protecting Children initative. For an application, click here.

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The Spotlight on Youth Award is given to area youth that demonstrate one of the following: a commitment to their community, are polite and respectful of others, have overcome a hardship, give good effort in the workplace or school, and/or is a positive role model to others. Nominations are made by community members and each month one young person is selected to receive the award. Selection is done by the Pottawattamie Youth Council and the Youth & Families Committee, a sub-committee of the Human Services Advisory Council. For more information or to nominate a young person you know, click here.

Promise Partners Resource Guide

Promise Partners has developed a Pottawattamie County Area Resource Guide. For a copy, download it here. Print & fold the stack once. Or see a basic version online by clicking here. Updates will be made to the guide bi-annually.

Pottawattamie County named 100 Best Community for Young People

More than 1,000 communities from all over the United States applied to be named a 2007 100 Best Community for Young People & Pottawattamie County was chosen!

"What distinguishes the '100 Best' is what they are doing to become great places for young people to grow up. What is especially inspiring is not where they are now, but where they are going and how they are getting there."- Marguerite Kondracke, President and CEO of America's Promise Alliance

"By working in partnerships that involve the whole community or county, these '100 Best' are proving that being a great place for young people is not just about the fortunes of geography, wealth or size. It is about priorities and pulling together." -Marguerite Kondracke, President and CEO of America's Promise Alliance

To view information on this award & see the other communities honored please Click Here