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Paul Monteiro, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell, CFBNP Director, discuss “Empowering Communities through Dialogue and Partnership.” (audio)

The mission of the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Education is to promote student achievement by connecting schools and community-based organizations, both secular and faith‐based. The Center is part of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, which works to form partnerships between government at all levels and nonprofit organizations, both secular and faith-based, to more effectively serve Americans in need. The office advances this work through Centers and staff at 13 federal agencies across.

The Center's primary goals are to:

• Engage community-based organizations, both secular and faith‐based, in building a culture of high expectations and support for education.
• Develop and support initiatives within the federal government to help maximize the education contributions of community-based organizations, including faith and interfaith organizations.
• Strengthen partnerships between community‐based organizations and schools to help improve the nation’s lowest‐achieving schools.

The Center is collaborating with the White House and the Corporation for National and Community Service to launch the National, Community and Interfaith Service Initiative to Propel School Improvement. Local pilots will model how community‐based organizations can work together with schools to achieve key student outcomes for school improvement: increased attendance, improved academic performance and engagement in school, and increased desire for and access to postsecondary education.

The Center is also working with the White House to launch the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, an initiative inviting institutions of higher education to commit to a year of interfaith and community service programming on campuses.

Contact information

Center for Faith‐based and Neighborhood Partnerships
U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Secretary
400 Maryland Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20202
(202) 401-1876
(202) 401-3620

Web: www.ed.gov/edpartners
Facebook: facebook.com/edpartners
Twitter: @edpartners
Email: edpartners@ed.gov

Staff for the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

• Reverend Brenda Girton-Mitchell, Director
• Kenneth Bedell, Senior Advisor
• Tenicka T. Boyd, Confidential Assistant
• Menahem Herman, Management and Program Analyst
• Michael Robbins, Senior Advisor for Nonprofit Partnerships