The 2017 New Haven Promise Legacy Award recipients — Jorgieliz Casanova and Lawrence McGill — didn’t just graduate on time with lofty grade-point averages, they made a difference for those coming behind them. If everyone looks for someone who leads … Continue reading
The Connecticut Department of Transportation presented a $10,000 check to New Haven Promise Tuesday at New Haven City Hall. That amount was awarded to CTDOT for winning the 2016 America’s Transportation Awards Grand Prize for the Elm City’s Pearl Harbor … Continue reading
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s permanent endowment and largest grantmaker to nonprofits, announces that it has committed $1.3 million to New Haven Promise. The grant will be distributed over three years starting in 2017, following the … Continue reading
Amid a lineup of high-profile dignitaries speaking at the 2016 New Haven Promise Scholar Celebration, Southern Connecticut State University rising senior Jose Gutierrez may have made the biggest impression. Not only did he garner a standing ovation, he also drew … Continue reading
The most meaningful measure of the impact of the New Haven Promise Scholarship is simple. How many students qualify? And the new standard for those who met the requirements is now 307. “When New Haven Promise launched in 2010, some … Continue reading