Overview The DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI) builds on promising practices from a body of national work that suggests that dual-generation programming is an effective strategy for breaking the cycle of poverty. Specifically, two-generation strategies that suggest integrating education, employment opportunities, and peer support for parents and academic and support services for their children will produce much more promising outcomes for both parents and their children . The DCPNI Academy for Girls and Their Mothers is a 12-month program where middle school girls attending Cesar Chavez Public Charter School will join classmates and the caring women in their lives for workshops on Saturday mornings . These couples will learn about healthy relationships, healthy eating and living, and preventing teen pregnancy. Partner programs working with DCPNI College and Career Readiness, Parent Academy, and Workforce Readiness programs will support couples with workshops on financial literacy, 21st century skills development, SAT prep, and high school graduation or GED and on the development of social-emotional skills where necessary .Service Counting The DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative community is made up of several neighborhoods within a very isolated section of Ward 7 in Washington DC. This small community has experienced higher rates of teen pregnancy, poverty, and lack of education than the District of Columbia as a whole. For these reasons, the community of 5,725 people was named a promising neighborhood that could benefit from more aggressive interventions. Cesar Chavez Public Charter School, Parkside is the only middle school in the target community. This program will launch in the school, with a special...... half of an article......December 13, 2013, from http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/2012/app- dcpni .pdf (pages 7-8)Cesar Chavez Public Charter School (2012). Annual report 2011-2012. Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://www.dcpcsb.org/data/files/2013_Applications/2011-2012_Annual_Report_1S4CesarChavezPCS.pdf (p. 12, p. 13.) DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (2012, July 26). Page 13DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (July 26, 2012). Page 8Kenilworth Elementary School (2011). General plan of the structures. Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/DocUploads/DataShop/DS_177.pdfDC Promise Neighborhood Initiative (2012, July 26).Washington Area Women's Foundation (2013). Washington Area Women's Foundation: Funding Opportunities. Retrieved December 14, 2013, from http://thewomensfoundation.org/join-us/become-a-grantee-partner/funding-opportunities/