More than two years after announcing the first round of Promise Zones, high-poverty areas of a city that will receive economic help, the Obama administration announced its last round of communities. Find out where they are located, how they were chosen and what this will mean for the future.

After 123 applications from 36 states, the official list of chosen communities is out. Here’s the Obama Administration’s eight new Promise Zone communities.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro joined Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Friday morning a competition to designate a new round of Promise Zones.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro will join Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Congressman Gary Peters of Michigan for a press call Friday at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the next round of Promise Zone applications.

White House is offering an updated empowerment/enterprise zone to federal assistance in housing, education and crime reduction. Five cities have been named, 15 more to come.