Specifications include, but are not limited to: An organization to operate as a Backbone Agency to the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative collaborative. This organization will be backbone for a collaboration of multiple culturally specific agencies and school districts in order to generate critical partnerships and build relationships that result in alignment and systemic change; produce measurable impacts and results; demonstrate fiscal transparency and accountability; leverage additional funds for the collaboration to further the work; and enhance public awareness of, and support for, the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative. This agency will work to convene, connect and support community leaders, manage a data management infrastructure, provide technical support, and develop a plan for marshalling current and future investments.