# FY2002 COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS PROGRAM

## GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS

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  **Applicant\'s Name**                         **City, State**   **Award**

  Applied Information Management Institute      Omaha, NE         \$300,000
  (AIM)                                                           

  Aspira of Florida, Inc.                       Miami, FL         \$191,566

  Bailey House, Inc.                            New York, NY      \$275,758

  Break Away Technologies                       Los Angeles, CA   \$299,853

  Caruthers Unified School District             Caruthers, CA     \$118,476

  Circulo de la Hispanidad, Inc.                Long Beach, NY    \$300,000

  City of Dallas                                Dallas, TX        \$280,448

  Cleveland Avenue YMCA                         Montgomery, AL    \$190,097

  Columbia University                           New York, NY      \$298,133

  Community Empowerment Organization, Inc.      Jersey City, NJ   \$235,821

  Covenant House California                     Hollywood, CA     \$174,012

  Denver County School District #1              Denver, CO        \$282,905

  Dominican Women\'s Development Center         New York, NY      \$300,000

  Dress for Success New Orleans Charities, Inc  New Orleans, LA   \$151,636

  Early County Board of Education               Blakely, GA       \$224,680

  Georgia Community Services Program, Inc.      Morrow, GA        \$118,476

  Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc.           Dallas, TX        \$82,000

  Independent School District 31 \-- Bemidji    Bemidji, MN       \$185,004
  Community Education                                             

  Indian Hills Community College                Ottumwa, IA       \$282,886

  Isaac Elementary School District #5           Phoenix, AZ       \$297,852

  Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling       San Francisco, CA \$235,981
  Service                                                         

  K12connect., Inc.                             New York, NY      \$102,948

  Las Vegas-Clark County Library                Las Vegas, NV     \$186,166

  Lifetime Learning Center                      Logan, UT         \$299,965

  Lincoln Center Boys & Girls Club and          Brigham, UT       \$241,058
  Association                                                     

  Literacy Volunteers of America-Dutchess       Poughkeepsie, NY  \$118,476
  County, Inc.                                                    

  Lowndes County Public Schools                 Haynesville, AL   \$118,476

  Many Hands, Inc.                              Bay Point, CA     \$295,917

  Minneapolis School District #1/Special S. D.  Minneapolis, MN   \$137,492
  #1                                                              

  Neighborhood Information Center               Buffalo, NY       \$275,703

  Northwest Learning & Achievement Group        Wapato, WA        \$256,198

  Nueva Esperanza, Inc.                         Holyoke, MA       \$299,450

  Office Management & Technology                Baltimore, MD     \$290,554

  Ohio State University Research Foundation     Columbus, OH      \$241,165

  Oklahoma Department of Libraries \-- State    Oklahoma City, OK \$254,296
  Government                                                      

  Opportunities for Technology Information      Antioch, CA       \$200,000
  Careers (OPTIC)                                                 

  Phipps Community Development Corporation      New York, NY      \$273,056

  Portland Community College                    Portland, OR      \$205,018

  Providence Public Library (PPL)               Providence, RI    \$82,890

  PUENTE Learning Center                        Los Angles, CA    \$279,392

  RES Business Education & Training Corporation Lauderhill, FL    \$118,476

  San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council     San Diego, CA     \$300,000

  School Board of Miami-Dade County             Miami, FL         \$300,000

  Southern California Tribal Chairmen\'s        Valley Center, CA \$297,987
  Association                                                     

  Southside Virginia Community College          Alberta, VA       \$239,494

  St. John #5 Baptist Church                    New Orleans, LA   \$145,811

  TCU Community Partnership, Inc.               Colton, CA        \$226,303

  United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in   Tahlequah, OK     \$178,892
  Oklahoma                                                        

  University of Washington                      Seattle, WA       \$284,990

  Urban League of Nebraska, Inc.                Omaha, NE         \$250,000

  Westbury Union Free School District           Old Westbury, NY  \$299,426

  Williams and Associates Educational Services, Albany, GA        \$298,077
  Inc.                                                            

  Women\'s Center of Fayetteville \-- Women\'s  Fayetteville, NC  \$149,363
  Center of Fayetteville                                          

  Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.      Worcester, MA     \$193,048

  Workforce Investment Board                    Utica, NY         \$118,476

  Youth Policy Institute                        Los Angeles, CA   \$299,783

                                                                  

                                                 **Total:**       **\$12,683,930**
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### FY2002 COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS PROGRAM

### ABSTRACTS

**Bailey House, Inc.**

**271 Seventh Avenue, 12^th^ Floor**

# New York, New York 10001

Grant Number: V341A020747

Project Director: Pela S. Cain

Telephone: 212/633-2500

Fax: 212/ 633-2932

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide 100 homeless adults with basic literacy classes,
computer literacy training, and job placement and retention services.
The project also is designed to promote activities to improve the
relationship between participants and their children.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will enroll in either a post-secondary education
    program or trade school.

-   Participants will secure full-time or part-time permanent
    employment.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, parent support workshops,
case management services, and intergenerational literacy activities.

Funding Level: \$275,758

**Urban League of Nebraska, Inc.**

**3022-24 North 24^th^ Street**

**Omaha, Nebraska 68110-2069**

Grant Number: V341A020330

Project Director: Mary E. Davenport

Telephone: 402/3451-1066

Fax: 402/451-1342

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide services for 480 disadvantaged adults and children
in the Omaha, Nebraska Douglas County Enterprise Zone. The project,
titled Independence Project, will enable the Urban League of Nebraska to
provide resources needed to develop a computer technology center to meet
the needs of a segment of the population, primarily African-Americans,
that is presently ill-equipped to compete in the race to the
technology-driven 21^st^ century, and to respond to the critical human
services needs of the community. This will be accomplished through
increased access to computers and technology for adults and children.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will acquire basic computer skills.

-   Participants will receive information and referral services to adult
    basic education programs.

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will advance toward self-sufficiency.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, peer support groups,
mentoring, information and referral to support services agencies,
leveraging resources through consortium, and expanded hours of services.

Funding Level: \$250,000

**Independent School District 31**

**201 15^th^ Street, N. W.**

**Bemidji, Minnesota 56601**

Grant Number: V341A020088

Project Director: Robert M. Wagner

Telephone: 218/333-3287

Fax: 218/333-3460

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide adults and children in rural, northern Minnesota,
services through a cooperative of programs: Even Start, Adult Basic
Education, Head Start, Early Head Start, and Early Success. The Even
Start program promotes development of parental awareness of effective
childcare principles and the Early Success Program targets improving
parenting skills of teen parents.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants in Family Learning and Adult Education program will
    gain access to computers, the Internet and distance learning
    opportunities.

-   Participants in remote and isolated areas will secure greater access
    to computers for take-home use.

-   Participants will receive increased hours of adult basic education
    and GED instruction and earn high school diplomas.

Key Strategies: Expand development and use of individualized learning
portfolios for adult learners; provide online adult education and GED
instruction and teacher professional development services; and provide
laptops to students in remote areas of the community.

Funding Level: \$185,004

## Community Impact

**105 Earl Hall**

**Columbia University**

**New York, New York 10027**

Grant Number: V341A020634

Project Director: Sandy Helling

Telephone: 212/854-9621

Fax: 212/854-4770

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To increase the education and self-sufficiency of over 800
distressed individuals living in the Harlem, Washington Heights, and
Morningside Heights communities through implementation of the Urban
Neighborhood Empowerment through Technology (Urban NET). Three computer
labs will be created: two in West Harlem and one in Morningside Heights
with special focus on the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone. These labs
will provide computer-assisted learning programs, computer training
classes, job-seeking programs, and college preparation/application
assistance.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will enhance their English proficiency.

-   Participants will acquire skills to overcome barriers to securing
    employment and housing.

-   Participants will acquire computer literacy skills.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted adult basic education and GED
instruction, Family Self-Sufficiency Courses, basic computer literacy
training, A+ Computer Repair Certification classes.

Funding Level: \$298,133

**Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc.**

**3020 North Westmoreland Road**

**Dallas, Texas 75212**

Grant Number: V341A020841

Project Director: Jennifer Sheafer

Telephone: 214/638-2800

Fax: 214/638-7926

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide 48 South Texas residents instruction in basic
education, computer literacy, workplace readiness and life skills. Many
of the participants will be Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
(TANF) recipients, Workforce Investment Act (WIA) adults and youth and
dislocated workers, and local housing authority residents. Instruction
in basic education and basic computer literacy skills will include the
use of the Internet, email, and other technology skills required in
today's workforce.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will improve their basic skills in reading,
    mathematics, and writing.

-   Participants will acquire basic computer skills.

-   Participants will obtain and retain employment.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, workplace readiness
training, computer literacy classes.

Funding Level: \$82,000

**Lifetime Learning Center**

**55 North Main Street**

**Logan, Utah 84321**

Grant Number: V341A020135

Project Director: Eric W. Lindsey

Telephone: 435/755-8621

Fax: 435/755-8622

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide over 2,000 low-income, disadvantaged adults with
high quality, up-to-date technical, job, and life skills training to
support their efforts to become self-sufficient.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will become computer literate.

-   Participants will enhance their proficiency in English

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will improve their job readiness and performance
    skills.

Key Strategies: Comprehensive recruitment activities, computer literacy
classes, computer-assisted instruction in English as a Second Language,
basic literacy, and GED preparation, involvement of qualified volunteers
and certified teachers.

Funding Level: \$299,965

**Youth Policy Institute**

**634 South Spring Street, Suite 621**

# Los Angeles, California 90014

Grant Number: V341A020386

Project Director: Dixon Slingerland

Telephone: 213/688-2802

Fax: 213/688-2942

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide 1,700 residents\--children, youth and adults---in
one of Los Angeles' most impoverished Latino communities, Pacomia,
expanded access to the use of technology. The technology will be the
essential tool to provide residents with information technology
services, including computer literacy training, adult and family
literacy, vocational and soft skills training, educational enrichment,
and comprehensive online distance learning.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will acquire greater literacy education and skills
    necessary for employment and job advancement.

-   Participants will enhance their English proficiency.

-   Participants will earn their secondary school diploma or the
    equivalent.

-   Participants will enter postsecondary education or other training
    programs.

-   Participants will improve their basic academic skills.

Key Strategies: Leveraging of resources through partnerships,
computer-assisted instruction, parenting classes, adult volunteer
mentoring activities, job skills training.

Funding Level: \$299,783

**City of Dallas**

**1500 Marilla, 6 AN**

**Dallas, Texas 75201**

Grant Number: V341A020463

Project Director: Daryl Quarles

Telephone: 214/670-8418

Fax: 214/670-5798

Project Direction: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide 165 students access to six training program options.
The six training programs areas are 1) basic literacy; 2) GED
preparation; 3) English for Speakers of Other Languages; 4)
Pre-Vocational training; 5) A+ Computer Repair Training Certification
for adults; and 6) Youth A+ training.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will make academic gains in basic skills, such as
    reading and mathematics.

-   Participants will earn their GED or complete some other recognized
    high school completion program.

-   Participants will advance in their English proficiency.

-   Participants will enter postsecondary education programs and/or
    secure and retain employment.

Key Strategies: Leveraging of resources through a four-member
consortium; computer-assisted instruction in adult basic education, GED,
and ESL.

Funding Level: \$280,448

**Dress for Success New Orleans Charities, Inc.**

**New Orleans Shopping Center**

**1400 Poydras Street, 2^nd^ Floor**

**New Orleans, Louisiana 70130**

Grant Number: V341A020322

Project Director: Gina Warner

Telephone: 504/522-1252

Fax: 504/522-3956

sfsolutions@mindspring.com

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide at least 200 economically disadvantaged women with
basic computer and Internet skills through technology courses and
coaching.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will improvement their literacy and basic academic
    skills

-   Participants will achieve proficiency in using various computer
    software applications.

-   Participants will have increased opportunities for job placement and
    career enhancement through literacy training and technology skill
    development.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, using technology to
enhance opportunities for job placement, increased literacy, improved
basic academic skills, career development, and support from community
agencies.

Funding Level: \$151,636

**Community Empowerment Organization, Inc.**

**845 Bergen Avenue, Suite 312**

**Jersey City, New Jersey 07306**

Grant Number: V341A 020527

Project Director: Croix-Ronald Coppage

Telephone: 201/344-7898

FAX: 201/221-8109

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide, through Bridging Urban Communities to Success
(B.U.C.S.), educational and technology training services and community
involvement opportunities for at-risk youth, young adults and adult
community members in the impoverished communities of Jersey City, NJ,
Brooklyn and Harlem, NY

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Project participants of all ages will increase their knowledge of
    information technology by use of the Internet.

-   Participants will demonstrate an increase in reading comprehension,
    writing and quantitative reasoning ability.

-   Participant drop-out rates will decrease and more participants will
    commit to attend postsecondary education or training programs.

Key Strategies: Computer-based instruction, job-skills training and
internships, individual counseling and mentoring student participants.

Funding Level: \$235,821

**St. John #5 Baptist Church**

**3613 Hamburg St.**

**New Orleans, Louisiana 70122**

Grant Number: V341A020700

Project Director: Charlene Jackson

Telephone: 504/288-4388

FAX: 504/288-4389

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To improve the educational and employment levels of 100 to150
low-income adults, children and youth within the community by offering
technology-based adult education, family literacy, career development
and job preparation opportunities.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will learn computer competency to assist in academic
    areas, Internet exploration, job placement and career enhancement.

-   Participants will achieve increased job placement and career
    development opportunities through interaction with community
    organizations.

Key Strategies: Computer-based instruction, community partnerships, use
of programs, such as the "Intense Learning Experience Model" and
"Linking Work and Learning."

Funding Level: \$145,811

**Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.**

**484 Main Street, Second Floor**

**Worcester, Massachusetts 1608**

Grant Number: V341A020343

Project Director: Priscilla Holmes

Telephone: 508/754-1176

FAX: 508/754-0203

pholmes@wcac.net

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide, through Project ComputerRISE, training in English
language proficiency, basic literacy and technology skills for
low-income adults and their families in Worcester. The project will
provide technological tools for adult education and vocational training.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will achieve literacy development for themselves and
    their family members through the Family Literacy component.

-   Participants will improve English literacy skills through
    technology-based training activities.

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will gain advance-level computer skills, allowing for
    job placement and advancement.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, ESL classes, linkages
with community-based organizations for job placement and training
opportunities and family literacy activities.

Funding Level: \$193,048

**Cleveland Ave. YMCA**

**1201 Rosa Parks Avenue**

**Montgomery, Alabama 36108**

Grant Number: V341A020625

Project Director: Willie R. Jones

Telephone: 334/834-2232

FAX: 334/269-6065

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide educational and employment opportunities for 300
adults and children from an economically distressed community in
Montgomery, Alabama, including adult education (GED and adult basic
education), career and job readiness instruction, before-, after- and
summer school programs for youth.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn their GED.

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-   Participants will improve computer proficiency levels.

-   Participants will complete job development training and be prepared
    to secure full- or part-time employment.

-   Participants will show academic achievement in improved school
    grades and test

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Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, laptop loan program,
before and after school instruction for students, support for job
training and increasing academic achievement by a wide network of
community partners, and a summer camp for students stressing technology
skills.

Funding Level: \$190,097

**Westbury Union Free School District**

**Two Hitchcock Lane**

**Old Westbury, New York 11568**

Grant Number: V341A020241

Project Director: Mr. Isben Judy

Telephone: 516/876-5144

FAX: 516/876-5029

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide, through *Project Access to Technology Results in
Success in Education and Employment (PATRSEE)*, education and employment
skills training to low-income adults, youth, and families in New Cassel
and Westbury, New York.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Parents will develop enhanced skills to become partners in their
    child's education.

-   Technology will by integrated into the adult education and secondary
    school curriculum to improve learning opportunities and levels.

-   Participants will secure full- or part-time employment utilizing
    technology skills.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, a computer lab that is
available to community members on evenings and weekends, and a Saturday
family literacy program.

Funding Level: \$299,426

**Las Vegas-Clark Co. Library District**

**833 N. Las Vegas Boulevard**

**Las Vegas, Nevada 89101**

Grant Number: V341A020589

Project Director: Nancy Ledeboer

Telephone: 702/507-3612

FAX: 702/507-3609

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To expand the Adult Basic Education and English Language
Literacy program provided for adults and drop-out youth students in two
new technology centers in the Las Vegas-Clark County Library System.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will increase Adult Basic Education and English
    literacy skills through technology-based classroom instruction.

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will learn workforce readiness skills to assist in
    securing full or part-time employment.

Key Strategies: Computer labs in both library sites that are 100%
dedicated to use by high-need literacy clients, instruction to parents
of school-age children to begin or increase reading activities with
their children, and development of a state-of-the-art computer-based GED
program to encourage successful completion by high school drop-outs.

Funding Level: \$186,166

# Office Management & Technology

# 1601 Old Eastern Avenue

**Baltimore, Maryland 21221**

Grant Number: V341A020086

Project Director: Lucile Jennings

Telephone: 410/686-9392

Fax: 410/686-7304

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To serve 400 community members of Asian and Hispanic heritage
and to enhance technology-based English-language skills through two
tracks. Track 1 will focus on *Bridge to Instruction* that targets 200
students (low level); and Track 2 will focus on *Accelerated Skill
Building* and will also serve 200 students for a total of nine to 13
hours per week.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   The number of students who will receive English-language services
    will expand.

-   Participants will increase proficiency in English-skill by five to
    eight points on the

CASAS test.

-   Participants will learn employment-related skills.

-   Participants will receive information about social services
    resources.

-   Instructors will receive training to augment instruction with
    technology.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction; a partnership with the
Housing Authority of Portland; presentations related to employment,
health, and other social services.

Funding Level: \$290,554

**Northwest Learning & Achievement Group**

**302 West 2^nd^ Street**

**P.O. Box 833**

**Wapato, Washington 98951**

Grant Number: V341A020286

Project Director: Barbara Peterson

Telephone: 509/877-9906

Fax: 509/877-2288

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide services for 180 adults and children of Hispanic and
Native American background with on-line and computer software to support
GED course takers, tailored activities to bring children up to
recommended level of readiness for kindergarten learning, and provide
workshops in agribusiness employment.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will become English proficient.

-   Participants (children) will demonstrate age-appropriate computer
    literacy skills.

-   Participants will secure employment with local agribusiness.

-   Participants commit to a long-term plan for postsecondary education.

Key Strategies: Expand service hours by 1.5 days per week, open a
satellite center in Mabton, and offer staff development for on-line
curriculum in early reading and the PLATO program; provide two GED and
ESL courses, and offer tutorial services by local volunteers.

Funding Level:\$256,198

**RES Business Education & Training Corporation**

**PO Box 190123**

**Lauderhill, Florida 33319**

Grant Number: V341A020918

Project Director: Ronald E. Smith

Telephone: 954/578-1279

Fax: 954/252-2199

Project Period: October 1, 2002 -- September 30, 2003

Purpose: To use technology training, adult basic education, GED
preparation, literacy training, and business education and training to
assist community residents with basic education deficiencies. The
program will also employ case management, assessment, and employment
placement services that will further enhance successful outcomes.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn a GED.

-   Participants will engage in literacy training and business education
    training.

Key Strategies: Use curricula developed by PBS LiteracyLink,
internships, and partner with a variety of local organizations.

Funding Level: \$118,476

**Lincoln Center Boys & Girls Club and Association**

**271 North 100 West**

**Brigham City, Utah 84302**

Grant Number: V341A020568

Project Director: Tabatha L. Mayne

Telephone: 435/723-6224

Fax: 435/723-6221

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide instruction in family literacy, English language
proficiency and adult basic and adult secondary education. The program
will use technology to provide instruction to low-income families,
adults with disabilities, migrant workers, and youth at-risk..

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will complete English language proficiency classes.

-   Participants will complete technology-related courses.

-   Participants will engage in adult basic and adult secondary
    instruction.

Key Strategies: Work with a large consortium of community partners to
share resources and expertise.

Funding Level: \$241,058

# 

# Caruthers Unified School District

**P.O. Box 127**

**Caruthers, California 93609**

Grant Number: V341A020442

Project Director: Dwight Miller

Telephone: 559/864-3274

Fax: 559/864-8857

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide classes to low-income residents in need of
instructional services such as adult basic education, GED preparation,
career development and job preparedness, English language acquisition,
and family literacy programs.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will take ABE, GED, and ESL courses.

-   Participants will engage in family literacy programs.

-   Participants will increase computer literacy skills.

Key strategies: Linkages with appropriate agencies and organizations
serving the target population.

Funding Level: \$118,476

**Workforce Investment Board**

**209 Elizabeth Street**

**Utica, New York 13501**

Grant Number: V341A020617

Project Director: Russ Davis

Telephone: 315/798-5529

Fax: 315/798-5909

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide adult education and family literacy activities
through technology and the Internet, including GED, English instruction
and adult basic education classes, and also provide a year-round
technology access site for residents who lack such assess to technology
at their homes.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will improve their skills in English, technology, and
    attain a GED.

-   Participants will engage in job preparedness training.

-   Participants will receive help with transition into further training
    or into the workplace.

Key Strategies: Collaboration with Community Colleges and counties.

Funding Level: \$118,476

**Break Away Technologies**

# 3417 West Jefferson Boulevard

**Los Angeles, California 90018**

Grant Number: V341A020547

Project Director: Joseph Loeb

Telephone: 323/733-7438

Fax: 323/733-7710

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To improve the basic reading and math skills of residents of
disadvantaged Los Angeles communities. The program will also enable five
CTCs in the Los Angeles County to provide distance learning instruction.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will achieve basic reading and math literacy

-   Participants will take and pass the TABE for 9^th^ grade reading and
    math proficiency.

-   Participants will enroll in information technology (IT) job training
    programs.

Key Strategies: The project, *The Pathways to Success Program,* will
strengthen existing linkages and establish new linkages between an
innovative group of partners serving the needs of Los Angeles'
economically disadvantaged communities.

Funding Level: \$299,853

**Literacy Volunteers of America, Dutchess County, Inc.**

**29 North Hamilton Street, Suite 311**

**Poughkeepsie, New York 12601**

Grant Number: V341A020345

Project Director: Margaret Pfaff

Telephone: 845/452-8670

Fax: 845/452-3050

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To create an integrated network of CTCs that will improve the
literacy skills of unemployed and underemployed adults. The project will
also serve as a bridge that enables functionally illiterate adults to
acquire the skills necessary to qualify for employment and/or
job-specific training.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will advance from Literacy Level 1 to Level 2.

-   Participants will engage in family literacy activities.

-   Participants will engage in basic technology skills training.

Key Strategies: LVA-DC is leveraging its resources, experience and
250-person pool of volunteer literacy tutors with the resources and
experience of many organizations.

Funding Level: \$118,476

**ASPIRA of Florida, Inc.**

**3650 N. Miami Avenue**

**Miami, Florida 33127**

Grant Number: V341A020456

Project Director: Julie Pascual-Carrion

Telephone: 305/246-1111

Fax: 305/246-3898

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide ABE, GED, ESOL, and career development courses to
Latino migrants and other economically disadvantaged residents in South
Dade, Florida.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will fulfill the requirements to earn their GED.

-   Participants will increase their reading proficiency above the 8^th^
    grade level.

-   Participants will learn skills necessary to apply and interview for
    a job.

Key Strategies: Technology-enhanced instruction, family involvement
workshops.

Funding Level: \$191,566

**School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida**

**Room 926**

**1450 NE 2^nd^ Avenue**

**Miami, Florida 33132**

Grant Number: V341A020646

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Project Director: Dr. John J. Goonen, Jr.

Telephone: 305/995-1429

Fax: 305/995/1488

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To employ distance learning to train foreign-born residents how
to speak English, and to provide adult education and literacy
instruction.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will engage in English language instruction.

-   Participants will complete adult basic and adult secondary education
    classes.

Key Strategies: Combining the technology resources of One-Stop Centers
with customized on-site instruction and support for the project.

Funding Level: \$300,000

**Lowndes County Public Schools**

**PO Box 755**

**105 East Tuskeena Street**

**Haynesville, Alabama 36040**

Grant Number: V341A020248

Project Director: Davis H. Brock

Telephone: 334/548-2131

Fax: 334/548-2161

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To use a technology infrastructure to help adults and their
families increase their literacy skills, improve educational levels,
gain job related skills, and make a smooth transition out of adult
education into the workplace or into other educational settings.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will enhance their computer literacy skills.

-   Participants will engage in job readiness training.

-   Participants will improve educational levels.

-   Participants will make a transition into other training or the
    workplace.

Key Strategies: Computer-aided instruction and capacity building through
strong partnerships.

Funding Level: \$118,476

**Phipps Community Development Corporation**

**43 West 23^rd^ Street**

**New York, New York 10010**

Grant Number: V341A020857

Project Director: Andrew Baer

Telephone: 718/542-0109

Fax: 718/542-8247

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide GED and ESL programs using technology to youth and
adults.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will engage in technology-based instruction.

-   Participants will complete GED and ESL classes

-   Participants will increase basic computer literacy

Key Strategies: Employ technology based instruction to deliver services;
use of a technology-focused curriculum

Funding Level: \$273,056

**Georgia Community Services Program**

**6125 Reynolds Road**

**Morrow, Georgia 30260**

Grant Number: V341A020925

Project Director: Dometrice Scandrick

Telephone: 770/961-4214

Fax: 770/960-0820

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To establish a technology center to provide instructional
services to high school drop-outs and support services to disadvantaged
moms.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will complete GED classes.

-   Participants will engage in family literacy classes.

-   Participants will increase computer literacy skills.

Key Strategies: Employ information technology through the New Mount
Calvary AME Church; use distance learning to deliver services.

Funding Level: \$118,476

**Indian Hills Community College**

**525 Grandview Avenue**

**Ottumwa, Iowa 52501-1398**

Grant Number: V341A020707

Project Director: Raeann Wyngarden

Telephone: 641/683-5181

Fax: 641/683-5263

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To use technology to improve the learning outcomes for 900
economically and academically disadvantaged residents of Wapello County.
This purpose will be fulfilled through linkages among nine Indian Hills
Community College County Satellite Centers.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn a GED.

-   Participants will become English proficient.

-   Participants will acquire computer literacy skills and the ability
    to use the Internet.

-   Participants will learn how to use computers to acquire workplace
    skills and information about jobs.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, leveraging of resources
through networking, use of standardized assessment tools.

Funding Level: \$282,886

# Many Hands, Inc.

**2711 Willow Pass Road, Suite A**

**Bay Point, California 94565**

Grant Number: V341A020786

Project Director: Matthew Russell, Ed.D

Telephone: 925/439-2061

Fax: 925/432-7473

<russell_edd@yahoo.com>

Project Period: October 1, 2002 -- September 30, 2003

# Purpose: The project is created to help meet the educational needs of students and families in the "Corridor" area of Bay Point (a roughly four mile area encompassing some of the city's poorest neighborhoods) consisting of Asian, Pacific Island, and Latino immigrants and African-American citizens.

# Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

#  

# Participants will achieve a GED certificate. 

# Participants will improve their basic reading and mathematics skills.

# Participants will enhance their English proficiency.

# Parents of children attending the daily school-age tutoring program will volunteer at their children's schools 

# Participants will enhance their career development and job preparation skills through Welfare-to-Work and after school activities coordinated with local school efforts.

Key Strategies: Services will be provided in a community-centered,
state-of-the-art computer lab offering Internet connectivity, adult
education and GED software, and children's software.

#  

# Funding Level: \$295,917

**Women's Center of Fayetteville**

**230 Hay Street**

**P.O. Box 2384**

**Fayetteville, North Carolina 28302-2384**

Grant Number: V341A020006

Project Director: Wendy Flick

Telephone: 910/323-3377

Fax: 910/323-8828

<wflick@wcof.org>

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To establish a computer lab to connect approximately 160
disadvantaged residents of the community with advanced computer software
in an effort to improve literacy for adults and their families.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will make academic progress after attendance at
    computer-assisted tutoring sessions.

-   Participants will earn their high school diploma.

-   Participants will make a commitment to go on to postsecondary
    education or training programs.

Key Strategies: Classroom instruction, one-on-one training sessions, and
self-guided software to build skills through technology.

Funding Level: \$149,363

**Williams & Associates Educational Services, Inc.**

**1223 Hilltop Drive, Suite 3**

**Albany, Georgia 31707**

Grant Number: V341A020382

Project Director: Carolyn C. Williams

Telephone: 229/878-0612

Fax: 229/878-0612

<Ccwwms3@aol.com>

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To create a mobile computer technology lab to serve a
population of 1,250 adults and families in three counties of Southwest
Georgia.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will make improvement in reading writing, and
    computational skills leading to successful completion of the GED.

-   Participants will pursue postsecondary education programs.

-   Participants will secure employment.

Key Strategies: Adult education training and family literacy activities
using computer technology and Internet; GED preparation, language
education programs, and adult basic education classes.

Funding Level: \$298,077

**University of Washington**

**320 Mary Gates Hall**

**Box 352820**

## Seattle, Washington 98195

Grant Number: V341A020403

Project Director: Louis Fox

Telephone: 206/685-4745

Fax: 206/221-2658

<lfox@u.washington.edu>

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To create a Community Technology Center site in Yakima Valley
to serve Latino farm workers with low educational levels, limited
English proficiency abilities, and limited access to information
technology.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will learn how to use and become proficient in using
    the Internet.

-   Participants will improve their basic academic skills.

-   Participants will obtain their GED.

-   Participants will increase their English proficiency skills.

-   Participants will master information technology (IT) job skills.

Key Strategies: The use of a quality educational technology --based
program designed by the Latino community Technology Centers and the
University of Washington Partnership and computer labs comprised of 25
desktop computers as each of the sites, along with software
applications, etc.

Funding Level: \$284,990

**School District #1 in the City & County of Denver**

**(Denver Public Schools)**

**900 Grant Street**

## Denver, Colorado 80203-2996

Grant Number: V341A020723

Project Director: Shirley Farnsworth

Telephone: 303/764-3486

Fax: 303/764-3728

<Shirley_Farnsworth@dpsk12.org>

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide intensive family literacy programs to approximately
120 families (40 per center), primarily Latino Spanish-speaking
immigrants, and some from Asian countries (most from Viet Nam), in three
different inner-city communities.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn a GED.

-   Participants in ABE classes will increase their TABE scores.

-   Participants in ESL classes will advance to next ESL level.

-   Participants will increase their earnings.

-   Participants will increase their interaction with children's school.

Key Strategies: Linkages with other agencies and organizations;
provision of family literacy program that includes early childhood
education, adult basic education, GED preparation, parent and child
together time.

Funding Level: \$282,905

**Portland Community College**

**PO Box 19000**

## Portland, Oregon 97280-0990

Grant Number: V341A020191

Project Director: Terri Greenfield

Telephone: 503/788-6220

Fax: 503/788-6247

<tgreenfi@pcc.edu>

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To use technology to enhance the English language skills and
employability of Hispanic community members.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will become English proficient.

-   Participants gain and enhance employment.

Key Strategies: Assessing students upon program entry; staffing
technology labs with Instructional Assistants; and increasing the number
of computer labs.

Funding Level: \$205,108

**K12connect, Inc.**

**50 W. 105 St.**

**Suite 45**

## New York, New York 10025-4068

Grant Number: V341A020185

Project Director: Kent Strong

Telephone: 212/665-0445

Fax: 646/349-2389

<kstrong@k12connect.com>

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: The project is designed to serve approximately 325
African-American parents, adults, and children five public charter
school communities and one church community all located in Harlem, New
York City. Four goals of the project include promoting reading as an
individual and family activity; increasing accessibility to high speed
Internet for the residents; improving computer usage and Internet
navigation skills of participants; and enhancing participants' existing
knowledge of information acquisition and application to achieve life
goals, improve life circumstances, and solve life problems.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will increase their use of computers and the Internet.

-   Participants will engage in family and intergenerational literacy
    activities.

Key Strategies: Two components -- a series of workshops offered to
adults and students, and a website specifically designed to facilitate
the teaching and learning activities of the workshops.

Funding Level: \$102,948

**Applied Information Management (AIM) Institute**

**118 S. 19 Street, Suite 1A**

**Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1305**

Grant Number: V341A020227

Project Director: Kandace R. Miller

Telephone: 402/345-5025 x 11

Fax: 402/345-5038

Kandace@nebraska.org

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To develop and implement four CTCs across the state through the
Providing Universal Excellence through New Technologies in Education
(PUENTE) Project to provide services to over 1,000 Hispanic/Latino
residents.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will enhance their English proficiency.

-   There will be an increase the number of school-aged Hispanic/Latino
    children living in the target area that exceed the national average
    on standardized reading tests.

-   Participants will improve their basic academic skills.

-   Participants will acquire computer literacy skills.

Key Strategies: Activities including computer-mediated instruction in
basic skills; integration of technology-supported instruction into ABE
and ESL programs; and supplemental after school instruction.

Funding Level: \$300,000

**Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service**

**77 Geary Street, Suite 401**

**San Francisco, California 94108**

Grant Number: V341A020636

Project Director: Jim Torrens

Telephone: 415/391-3600

Fax: 415/391-3617

Jtorrens@jvs.org

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To expand its CTC program by providing English Language
Instruction, Basic Skills Instruction, and Access to Computers and Basic
Computer Literacy Instruction to 750 low-skilled and low-income
individuals in San Francisco.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will improve their basic literacy skills.

-   Participants will become English proficient.

-   Participants will develop computer literacy skills.

Key Strategies: English Language instruction and basic skills
instruction, integrated with computer and occupation-specific skills
training, work readiness and work experience activities; job readiness,
seeking, placement and retention services.

Funding Level: \$235,981

**Isaac Elementary School District #5**

**3348 W. McDowell Road**

**Phoenix, Arizona 85009**

Grant Number: V341A020685

Project Director: Dr. Paul Hanley

Telephone: 602/484-4700

Fax: 602/278-1683

Phanley@isaaceld.k12.az.us

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To enhance the services currently provided by the Isaac Family
Literacy Initiative and to expand family literacy/adult education
services to approximately 1,500 inner city, high-poverty, limited
English proficient adults who are primarily Hispanic (with some
African-Americans, Native Americans, Asians, and Anglos).

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will improve their independent living skills and job
    prospects.

-   Participants will become English proficient.

-   Participants will earn a GED.

-   Participants will improve their business skills.

Key Strategies: Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language,
Adult Secondary Education, GED Services, Career Development/Job
Preparation, and Business Assistance Services. The project will use
technology and the Internet to provide comprehensive adult education and
family literacy activities.

Funding Level: \$297,852

**Covenant House California**

**1325 N. Western Avenue**

**Hollywood, California 90027-5615**

Grant Number: V341A020546

Project Director: Miranda Yates, Ph.D

Telephone: 325/461-3131

Fax: 323/957-2464

Myates@covca.org

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To offer skills-building software programs (literacy, ESL, GED
prep), work stations with Internet access, and vocational and employment
assistance in order to address the complex and potentially overwhelming
needs of approximately 220 homeless young adults (ages 18-24) with
limited or no resources.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will increase computer skills through participation in
    computer literacy workshop.

-   Participants will increase basic skills in reading, math, science,
    social studies, and ESL by completing 10 hours computer and tutorial
    training.

-   Participants will pass the GED, complete a semester in college, or
    complete a vocational training program.

Key Strategies: Upgrades to *Invest Destinations* (basic skills
software), installation of *New Horizons* (computer training courses),
and expanded evening hours.

Funding Level: \$174,012

**TCU Community Partnership, Inc.**

**1040 Mt. Vernon Ave., Ste. G-193**

## Colton, California 9234-4228

Grant Number: V341A020240

Project Director: Luvina Beckley

Telephone: 909/890-2676

Fax: 909/888-4826

mhmlbm@aol.com

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To enroll residents to participate in the center's Technology
Assisted Education Program (Project NOW). The overall goals of Project
NOW are to ensure targeted residents (200 isolated residents from
distressed communities within San Bernardino and Riverside County)
experience increased literacy skills and education, increased
participation and/or employment in technology related fields, increased
accessibility to program and support services, and increased advancement
within places of employment and income.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will improve their basic literacy skills or return to
    school to further their education and obtain higher paying jobs.

-   Participants will use technology-related information to locate
    employment opportunities in technology-related field.

Key Strategies: Provide three program Tracks: Adult Education, Family
Literacy, and Technology Oriented Employment/Entrepreneurial
Opportunities.

Funding Level: \$226,303

**Oklahoma Department of Libraries**

**200 Northeast 18^th^ Street**

**Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105**

Grant Number: V341A020074

Project Director: Susan B. Feller

Telephone: 405/522-3259

FAX: 800/297-8116

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide technology-enhanced instruction to raise the
literacy and computer skill levels of low-income Oklahoma adults,
thereby enabling them to succeed in the workforce.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will increase literacy and computer skills.

-   Participants will receive training as literacy tutors to serve
    students throughout the state of Oklahoma.

-   Five centers will be located in economically distressed areas of the
    state to provide ongoing training in computer literacy, adult basic
    education and job skills development.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, technology-enhanced adult
basic education classes, training of literacy volunteers and
multi-sensory instructional software and specially configured hardware
to provide services to individuals with disabilities.

Funding Level: \$254,296

**Nueva Esperanza, Inc.**

**401 Main Street**

## Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040

Grant Number: V341A020190

Project Director: Carlos Vega

Telephone: 413/533-9442

Fax: 413/533-2661

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide services to over 6,620 low-income, predominantly
Latino residents of Holyoke. The overarching goals are to greatly
increase the capacity of neighborhood-based organizations to provide
computer access and technology-based education to residents.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will access computer-based GED programming.

-   Participants will access computers for ABE and ESL training.

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will learn basic computer literacy, Internet, and word
    processing skills.

Key Strategies: Sustaining an existing network of seven ACCESS Holyoke
CTCs established with first year CTC funding by expanding the
partnership and creating two CTC centers.

Funding Level: \$299,450

**Southside Virginia Community College**

**109 Campus Drive**

**Alberta, Virginia 23821-2930**

Grant Number: V341A020259

Project Director: Dr. Linda G. Sheffield

Telephone: 434/949-1010

Fax: 434/949-7863

Linda.Sheffield@sv.cc.va.us

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: The CTC will utilize information technology to provide programs
in adult basic education, GED and family literacy. The project will also
provide after school programs for children and a summer computer camp
for middle school children, career and job search exploration and
development, and education and training for job placement.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will improve their basic education skills.

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will enhance their computer literacy skills

-   Participants will receive career development and job preparation
    training..

Key Strategies: ABE/GED preparation classes using PLATO; installation of
a T1 line with cooperation of partners; after school homework clubs for
children; "Cyber Café."

Funding Level: \$239,494

**Southern California Tribal Chairman's Association (SCTCA)**

**P.O. Box 1470**

## Valley Center, California 92082

Grant Number: V341A020447

Project Director: Jack Ward

Telephone: 760/742-8600

Fax: 760/742-8616

<jackw@simplyweb.net>

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: The project will focus on providing services for approximately
850 individuals from isolated American Indian communities, including
students, parents, and community members. It will focus on integrating
educational and computer technologies through the services of the
related programs to address their needs (lack of adult education and
family literacy, etc.).

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants with receive online GED and adult basic education
    instruction.

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Key Strategies: Collaboration between colleges, school districts, three
Indian tribes, Hewlett-Packard, and related programs such as Even Start,
Indian Education Centers, TANF Welfare Reform, and vocational education.

Funding Level: \$297,987

**Dominican Women's Development Center**

**519 W. 189^th^ Street, Ground Floor**

**New York, New York 10040**

Grant Number: V341A020383

Project Director: Rosita Romero

Telephone: 212/994-6060

Fax: 212/994-6065

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To serve the educational needs of disadvantaged Latin/Dominican
women in the Washington Heights and Inwood communities. The project will
provide adult literacy including English language instruction.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will take GED classes.

-   Participants will become fluent in the English language.

-   Participants will engage in job-readiness training.

Key Strategies: Incorporation of innovative teaching methods that will
use information technology, computer software applications, and the
internet to provide interactive instruction for the program
participants.

Funding Level: \$300,000

**Early County Board of Education**

**503 Columbia Road**

**Blakely, Georgia 31723**

Grant Number: V341A020391

Project Director: Dr. Tom McCullough

Telephone: 229/723-4337

Fax: 229/723-8183

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To develop a mobile technology center to serve the
disadvantaged adult population of Early County, Georgia.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will use wireless laptops to receive GED instruction.

-   Participants will receive basic computer instruction.

Key Strategies: Use of a mobile technology lab to deliver adult
education and literacy services to multiple sites in the county. The use
of wireless technology will facilitate reaching out to citizens in rural
areas.

Funding Level: \$224,680

**Puente Learning Center**

**501 South Boyle Avenue**

**Los Angeles, California 90033**

Grant Number: V341A020473

Project Director: Matthew Bates

Telephone: 323/780-1163

FAX: 323/780-0359

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide technology-enhanced English immersion and adult
education classes to approximately 600 adults, children and youth from a
low-income area of East Los Angeles.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will become proficient in English and increase literacy
    skills.

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   School-age students will improve their academic grades and English
    proficiency.

-   Participants will secure full-time or part-time permanent
    employment.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, technology-enhanced
English immersion and adult basic education classes, community
partnerships, such as the IBM Adult Literacy Partnership.

Funding Level: \$279,392

**San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council**

**3717 Camino del Rio South**

**San Diego, California 92108**

Grant Number: V341A020503

Project Director: Michael Ellis

Telephone: 619/584-5836

FAX: 619/584-5839

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide, through Project Jump Start, 300 unemployed or
underemployed adults and out-of-school youth improved literacy and math
skills to assist them in entering a job-training program or to enhance
career path opportunities. To use computer technology to improve adult
basic education and career instruction for program participants.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will earn their GED.

-   Participants will secure full-time or part-time employment.

-   Participants will achieve computer and Internet skills to utilize in
    the workplace and at home.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, linkages with community
partners for job skill training opportunities, and individualized
technology training plans for all students.

Funding Level: \$300,000

**Neighborhood Information Center**

**1170 Broadway**

**Buffalo, New York 14212**

Grant Number: V341A020118

Project Director: James Serafin

Phone: 716/897-4100

FAX: 716/897-5483

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To develop neighborhood-based, accessible Community Technology
Center sites to improve literacy and language skills of over 200 adults
and their families in this low-income community in Buffalo, NY.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will gain ESL and literacy skills.

-   Participants will gain basic education, technology and job search
    skills that will facilitate opportunities in permanent job
    placement.

-   School age students will increase grade level achievement through
    technology and academic assistance during summer and school year
    programs.

Key Strategies: Computer-assisted instruction, family literacy programs,
tutoring, after-school assistance, ESL instruction and job search
training through community partnerships.

Funding Level: \$275,703

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# Opportunities for Technology Information Careers

**3102 Delta Fair Blvd.**

**Antioch, California 94509**

Grant Number: V341A020167

Project Director: Maggie Bohlman

Telephone: 925/776-1133

Fax: 925/776-1131

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide career and educational services which include GED
preparation, English language instruction, and computer literacy
training.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will complete computer-based adult education classes.

-   Participants will improve their language, literacy, and math skills.

-   Participants will receive assistance with pursuing postsecondary
    credentials.

Key Strategies: Employing information technology applications to deliver
instructional services.

Funding Level: \$200,000

**Providence Public Library**

**222 Westminster Street**

**Providence, Rhode Island 02903**

Grant Number: V341A020274

Project Director: Louise Moulton

Telephone: 401/455-8100

Fax: 401/455-8065

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To raise literacy levels of adults and to provide language
instructions to speakers of other languages. The project will also
provide parenting skills incorporated in the family literacy component.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will receive free Adult Basic Education instruction.

-   Participants will increase the use of computer-assisted language
    learning.

-   Participants will enhance their computer literacy competencies.

Key Strategies: Educators will use technology as part of the curriculum
and encourage participants to learn in a team environment to enhance the
learning process.

Funding Level: \$82,890

**The Ohio State University Research Foundation**

**1960 Kenny Road**

**Columbus, Ohio 43210**

Grant Number: V341A020878

Project Director: Susan Colbert

Telephone: 614/688-4486

Fax: 614/688-3533

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To teach GED, Adult Basic Education, and job preparedness
classes to low-level ability learners. The center will also provide
instruction on life skills using computer-aided training.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will take ABE and GED classes.

-   Participants will increase their computer literacy skills.

-   Participants will learn employment and other life skills.

Key Strategies: Using an integrated technology access module to deliver
instructional services.

Funding Levels: \$241,165

## United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians

**PO Box 746**

**Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74465**

Grant Number: V341A020472

Project Director: Susan Adair

Telephone: 918/431-1818

Fax: 918/431-1873

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To house new and expanded services for GED, Limited English
Proficient, and other low-level learners.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will learn job readiness skills.

-   Participants will increase their competency and use of information
    technology

-   Participants will take GED classes.

Key Strategies: Use of PassKey software to initially assess participants
at intake to determine skill levels against which to measure their
progress through the program.

Funding Level: \$178,892

## Minneapolis Public Schools

**Special School District #1**

**807 NE Broadway**

**Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413**

Grant Number: V341A020775

Project Director: Carlye Peterson

Telephone: 612/668-3800

Fax: 612/668-0195

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To provide technology and enhance the adult basic education
program of the Riverside Plaza Community. In addition, the project will
serve immigrants and refugees with English language instruction.

Applicant's Projected Outcomes:

-   Participants will learn life skills and job training skills.

-   Participants will receive GED and English language instruction.

-   Participants will enhance their computer literacy skills.

Key Strategies: Use of research-based methodologies and best practices
in literacy, English language instruction, and mathematics in adult
classes.

Funding Level: \$137,492

**Circulo de la Hispanidad**

**62 West Park Avenue**

**Long Beach, New York 11561**

Grant Number: V341A020831

Project Director: Barbara DuBow

Telephone: 516/889-3869

Fax: 516/889-3869

Project Period: October 1, 2002 to September 30, 2003

Purpose: To develop a computer integrated English Language (EL)
curriculum with a family literacy program.

Primary Objectives:

-   Participants will receive English language instruction.

-   Participants will enhance their computer literacy skills.

Key Strategies: The program will implement comprehensive staff
development to prepare instructors for delivering curriculum via
technology. Distance learning will be an integral part of the
instructional delivery.

Funding Level: \$300,000