Over the next six years, the Harlem Children's Zone plans to expand the geographic boundaries of the Harlem Children's Zone Project to reach more children and families. We have developed a growth plan that breaks our expansion into three manageable phases:

Phase 1: FY 2000-FY 2003

During Phase 1, Harlem Children's Zone focused on its work in the original HCZ Project boundaries, strengthened its management capacity, developed internal evaluation capacity, launched Harlem Gems and shared our knowledge with interested community based organizations, governments, foundations and others. Phase 1 began in fiscal year 2000 (HCZ's fiscal year runs from July 1st to June 30th) and continued through FY 2003.

Phase 2: FY 2004-FY 2006

During Phase 2, the Harlem Children's Zone Project is expanded its boundaries northward to 132nd Street and further east to Madison Avenue. To anchor this expansion, the Harlem Children's Zone opened a new headquarters building on 125th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues. Inside this building, the Harlem Children's Zone launched the Promise Academy Charter School (the elementary school component is at PS 275), the Harlem Children's Zone Community Center and the Practitioners Institute, where we can share our knowledge about community building. The building also houses administrative offices for the President/CEO and his staff.

Phase 3: FY 2007-FY 2011

In Phase 3, Harlem Children's Zone will expand the Harlem Children's Zone Project north again to 143rd Street. This expansion will enable the Harlem Children's Zone to serve over 10,000 children annually.