The next session of the Sacramento Promise Zone Mind, Body, & Spirit Health Series will take place on February 11th, 2022. Click below to register for future sessions!

20th Annual Season of Doing Good 20th Annual Season of Doing Good This year, the Kings partnered with Raley’s to spread holiday cheer through the 20th Annual Season of Doing Good. The celebrations, which began in November, continued throughout the month of December, and included Eat Like a King hosted at Golden 1 Center to provide a festive holiday meal, served by Kings players and coaches, for 250 youth and families. Kings guard Robert Woodard II also helped residents at an

Housing Choice Voucher Program Tenant-Based Vouchers SHRA will open the Housing Choice Voucher Program Tenant-Based Voucher waiting list effective Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 8 a.m. until Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Applicants may apply at www.sacwaitlist.com using any device with internet access. A total of 5,000 applicants will be placed on the waiting list through random selection after the waiting list has closed. Additional waiting lists for Project-Ba

The Sacramento Promise Zone was identified and designated in 2015 as high poverty area using census tracts and baseline data that include the following focus areas: Total Population Poverty Rate Unemployment Rate Life Expectancy 3rd Grade Level Reading Rate High School Graduation Rate Violent Crime Rate The most recent data from the 2020 Census and other sources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is encouraging. Hundreds of partners working together

If you are a community leader who serves individuals seeking employment opportunities, this info session is for YOU! Join us on November 9th, 2021 for an info session that will discuss how YOU as a community leader can connect the people that you serve to this transformative opportunity! WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CONNECT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO LIFE CHANGING CAREERS. PLEASE ATTEND TO LEARN MORE. The Sacramento Promise Zone, Generation USA, and ConSol USA have formed an actionab

$50,000 - $150,000 CBO funding for existing high IMPACT projects/programs The Financial Institution Collaborative (The Collaborative) is a funder-led collective impact effort to fund activities that support the Promise Zone’s goals. The Collaborative (formerly FIPO) is an informal initiative comprised of banks, credit unions, philanthropic organizations, public/private entities, and support from the Sacramento Promise Zone. The Collaborative also increases visibility and awar

Promise Zone Leaders,We need your help! The deadline to apply for the Child Tax Credit is November 15th. It is so important that you SHARE this information with your friends, family, colleagues, networks, and the people that you serve to ensure everyone that is eligible to receive the Child Tax Credit has the information to do so! Most eligible Child Tax Credit recipients are automatically receiving direct deposit payments. If you filed a tax return for 2020, you do not need

Alchemist Community Development Corporation (Alchemist CDC) was pleased to reveal the new design for Alchemist Public Market (APM) on Friday, October 22, during a visit to the project site in Sacramento’s River District with elected officials and key stakeholders. Speakers at the event included Sacramento City Councilman Jeff Harris (D3), Andrew Kehoe (Liaison from Mayor Steinberg’s Office of Civic Engagement), Derek Kirk (Regional Business Development Specialist, California

On October 23rd, the City of Sacramento hosted the Celebrate Stockton Blvd resource fair! The City issued the following memo: "We had such a great time last Saturday at our Celebrate Stockton Blvd event!! Thank you to the Colonial Heights Library for hosting in their space, KDEE 97.5 radio station for DJ’ing the event and acting as our master of ceremonies, the leadership from both Vice-Mayor Schenirer and Councilmember Guerra, all our fabulous resource providers, the hardwor

On Bullying Prevention The Sacramento Promise Zone is excited to host Sam Alavi for our November session of the Mind, Body, & SpiritHealth Series. Sam Alavi has spent her career in all parts of education- from elementary schools to universities to educational nonprofits and educational policy advocacy. Currently, Sam serves as the Founding Director of the Center for Community Engagement at Samuel Merritt University. Prior to this she worked as the Director of Strategic Initia