Abstract
In 2008 The Skillman Foundation launched the Readiness Phase of its Good Neighborhoods Initiative and at the same time shifted its other major programmatic emphasis, Good Schools, to create a larger, more integrated effort, the Good Neighborhoods and Good Schools Initiative (GN/GS). This three‐year phase followed a two‐year planning period that brought the Foundation and its GN/GS partners to the starting line for a ten‐year, $100 million investment in “changing the odds for kids” in six target neighborhoods –Brightmoor, Chadsey Condon, Cody Rouge, Northend Central Woodward, Osborn, and Southwest Detroit – by “improving the quality of schools and transforming the neighborhoods into safe and nurturing environments."