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Communities Connect Network
Location: Washington (WA)
Abstract:
The Communities Connect Network is a statewide coalition of public & private organizations committed to provide local technology access, training, and content to underserved and disadvantaged residents of Washington State. Communities Connect Network (CCN) seeks to ensure Washington is a leader in digital inclusion by strengthening the community technology field.
Website: http://www.communitiesconnect.org/
Practitioner Name: n/a
Practitioner Tel: 509-358-7685
Practitioner E-mail: manager@communitiesconnect.org
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Communities In Schools
Location: Virginia (VA)
Abstract:
Communities In Schools is the leading community-based organization helping kids succeed in school and prepare for life. Communities In Schools is anchor to the nation's leading community-based organization helping young people stay in school and prepare for life.
For 30 years, Communities In
Schools has helped students choose success by ensuring their access to the "Five Basics":
A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult
A safe place to learn and grow
A healthy start and a healthy future
A marketable skill to use upon graduation
A chance to give back to peers and community
Each year, more than two million young people in 27 states and the District of Columbia have access to services through Communities In Schools.
Website: http://www.cisnet.org
Practitioner Name: n/a
Practitioner Tel: 800-CIS-4KIDS
Practitioner E-mail: n/a
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Community Development Technologies
Location: California (CA)
Abstract:
CDTech (a.k.a. - Community Development Technologies Center) is a nationally recognized non profit organization dedicated to promoting economic opportunities and justice for low income residents and communities throughout Greater Los Angeles.
CDTech is a catalyst for change. We take pride in over ten years of success in both transforming lives and advancing new approaches to workforce, leadership and asset development. CDTech pioneered: 1) the nation's first community college degree and skills program in community development, 2) the nation's first and largest
employer-based Individual Development Account (IDA) Program, 3) one of only three degree programs in mortgage lending, and 4) the region's first sector development and employment programs in both low wage and high wage industries. These initiatives – among others – have changed the lives of thousands of inner city families and businesses, the capacity of community serving organizations and, in the process, they have been instrumental in testing and modeling new economic development approaches and technologies.
CDTech Mission and Goals
CDTech's mission is to build livable and economically viable communities in the low-income areas of Greater Los Angeles. This is accomplished by strengthening the skills and self-sufficiency of residents, businesses and community serving institutions through a variety of capacity building and direct service programs. Our specific goals are to:
Expand the capacity of grassroots leaders to affect change
Increase job and economic opportunities for low-income residents
Strengthen the economic base of the neglected communities of greater Los Angeles
Foster new ideas, approaches and partnership for community and economic change.
CDTech's goal is to transform low-income, historically neglected communities of Los Angeles into COMMUNITIES THAT WORK. Creating Communities that Work encompass three core elements: working families, working capital and working democracy. CDTech combines quality research, educational and direct service programs to address these 3 inter-related targets.
Working Families. Communities don't work if families that live there don't. Our working family programs prepare un/underemployed residents to be competitive in the labor market. CDTech functions as a workforce intermediary specializing in sector employment strategies. Our track record includes over 10 years of experience working with manufacturing, health, technology and the entertainment industries, providing:
Labor market studies
Cluster/network development,
Basic skills and ESL training for incumbent workers
Workplace financial literacy training,
Design and delivery of customized technical skills training programs.
Website: http://www.cdtech.org
Practitioner Name: Denise Fairchild
Practitioner Tel: 213-763-2520 x221
Practitioner E-mail: denfaire@cdtech.org
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Community Media Center
Location: Michigan (MI)
Abstract:
For over 25 years CMC has maintained technology tools, media services and community venues to benefit Greater Grand Rapids. We are committed to leveraging these tools to make our community a better place today, and tomorrow.
Website: http://www.grcmc.org/about/
Practitioner Name: Linda Gellasch
Practitioner Tel: 616-459-4788 x104
Practitioner E-mail: linda@grcmc.org
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Community Technology Alliance
Location: California (CA)
Abstract:
The Community Technology Alliance mission is to end and prevent homelessness by linking and networking communities through technology.
"CTA is the high technology industry's unique contribution to the alleviation of the plight of the homeless in the Bay Area."
Rev. Monsignor Eugene J. Boyle
President Emeritus Board of Directors
Community Technology Alliance, formerly Santa Clara Valley Multi Service Center, was established in 1991 as a direct result of recommendations made by the Santa Clara County Homeless Task Force Study in 1989 that recommended the development of a system of communication and collaboration among shelter providers. Community Technology Alliance is a partnership among shelter and emergency service providers, specialized non-profits, Santa Clara County and the City of San Jose.
Community Technology Alliance acts as a catalyst between and among other service providers to increase services, avoid duplication of technological effort, and to streamline the system. The agency's focus is to increase the community's access to available services and facilitate unhoused and at-risk residents' transition from the streets to care giving shelter, then to transitional housing and eventually to permanent housing.
Website: http://www.ctagroup.org
Practitioner Name: Ray Allen
Practitioner Tel: 408-437-9170
Practitioner E-mail: Ray@CTAgroup.org
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Community Technology Centers' Network
Location: Virginia (VA)
Abstract:
The Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) is a national membership network of community technology centers (CTCs) and other non-profits, united in their commitment to provide technology access and education to underserved communities. CTCNet works through the CTC Network to provide resources and advocacy to improve the quality and sustainability of CTCs.CTCNet was founded on the recognition that in an increasingly technologically dominated society, people who are economically disadvantaged will be left further behind if they are not provided access to and training on information tools. CTCNet was founded in 1990, as the Playing to Win Network, by Antonia Stone, a former public school teacher who during the early 1980s had started a computer technology center in the basement of a housing development in Harlem. In the early 1990s, Ms. Stone cooperated with the Educational Development Center (EDC) in an application to the National Science Foundation , which resulted in a five-year grant to support the extension of the network's services, the expansion of its membership and its evolution into an independent, self-governing nonprofit organization. At the start of the grant the organization's name was changed to the Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet). In 2000, CTCNet incorporated as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization in Massachusetts with a National Board of Directors representing its member organizations. In November 2003, CTCNet moved its National Office to Washington, DC. Learn more about CTCNet's accomplishments in its 15-year history.
Website: http://www.ctcnet.org/
Practitioner Name: Stephanie Gagné
Practitioner Tel: n/a
Practitioner E-mail: sgagne@ctcnet.org
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Community Technology Organizing Consortium
Location: California (CA)
Abstract:
CTOC is dedicated to fostering the equitable use
of technology in underserved communities in Southern California.
What are community technology centers (CTC) and/or Programs?
In 1997, the Department of Commerce report recognized that "establishing and supporting community access centers, among other steps, will help ensure that all Americans can access new technologies."(10) A growing number of initiatives in low-income neighborhoods are showing the positive difference technology access and technology training can make.
CTOC was founded for the purpose of building the capacity of community organizations that provide technology services to promote their missions in the under-represented communities of the greater Los Angeles regions.
We build capacity in three ways:
(1) Through training and educational programs. We offer regular informational workshops monthly on topics that are relevant to CTC/Programs.
(2) We provide two different comprehensive training programs, one is the a "Train the Trainer Program" and the other "Digital Storytelling Train the Trainer Program"
(3)We educate communities, policy maker and non-profit organizations on the importance of technology & telecommunications' policies. In addition we work toward developing policies that provide resources to Community Base Organization that delivery technology programs.
Website: http://www.ctocnet-socal.org
Practitioner Name: Micheline Wilcoxen
Practitioner Tel: 323-664-8862
Practitioner E-mail: n/a
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Computer for Classrooms Inc.
Location: California (CA)
Abstract:
Computers for Classrooms, Inc.(CFC) was founded in 1991 as an all-volunteer committee through the Chico Unified School District. In August of 2001 we incorporated and have received our 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the IRS. Our pledge has been to receive surplus computers, to refurbish and upgrade them using volunteer labor, and to supply them to public and private schools.
Website: http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/
Practitioner Name: Pat Furr
Practitioner Tel: 530-895-4175
Practitioner E-mail: cfc@digitalpath.net
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Computers for Kids
Location: Idaho (ID)
Abstract:
Computers for Kids, Inc. (CFK) is a non profit organization working to close the “digital divide” by providing youngsters with home PCs with which to equalize their educational opportunities. Without help from CFK, the future for these kids would look bleak. Unable to purchase a home PC because of economic reasons, they would, in all probability, fall behind in their assignments which require Internet based research, and attain lower passing grades. Worst yet, it would lower their expectations towards moving on to higher education, while lowering their sense of self-esteem
Website: http://www.cfkidaho.org/
Practitioner Name: Molly Wingert
Practitioner Tel: 208-345-0346
Practitioner E-mail: n/a
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Computers for Youth
Location: New York (NY)
Abstract:
CFY's work is built upon three principles supported by the research literature and our own experience:
All families want their children to succeed.Low-income parents value their children's academic achievement just as much as do high-income parents.
All families can play a role in their children's success.The factor in the home that most strongly influences a child's intellectual development is cognitive stimulation—not the education or income of the child's parents, as is commonly assumed. With proper support, all parents can be powerful contributors to their children's education.
All families can harness the power of computer technology to improve their children's lives.When provided with the proper technology—a computer designed as a home learning center,for example—children can become self-directed learners, avid readers, excited mathematicians, and responsible citizens. Parents, meanwhile, are drawn in to what their children are learning and become true partners in the process. CFY's approach is focused and comprehensive.To improve children's learning environment at home, all of CFY's programs are designed to accomplish one of three goals:
Enhance the educational resources available in children's homes.CFY's computer-based home learning centers are designed by software experts and tested by students and education executives from around the country.
Improve parent-child interaction around learning at home.CFY's workshops improve parents' confidence in helping their children learn. Our home learning centers supplement parents who themselves may have little education (the software provides the “knowledge of probability" while the parent provides the motivation). CFY turns “family time” into “learning time.”
Help teachers connect classroom learning with the home.CFY's program works with principals to set school-wide goals and trains teachers to create powerful links to at-home learning.
Website: http://www.cfy.org/
Practitioner Name:
Practitioner Tel: 212-563-7300 ext. 10
Practitioner E-mail: info@cfy.org
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