## **U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

### Community Technology Centers Program

**Project Abstracts \-- FY 99 Awards**

The Community Technology Centers (CTC) program was established to
provide, through the creation and expansion of community technology
centers, access to computers and technology for children and adults in
low-income communities. In the first year of the program, 750
applications from all 50 states were received and reviewed by the U.S.
Department of Education. The Secretary gave preference to applications
that met one or both of two competitive priorities: projects that
expanded or established Community Technology Centers in a
federally-designated Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community and
projects that demonstrated substantial community support. 40 applicants
received awards. The 1999 CTC grantees are:

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**100 Black Men of Albany, New York Capital Region, Inc.**

388 Clinton Avenue

Albany, NY 12206

(Albany, NY Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Gregory Fields, (581) 432-0500, **rwh52@att.net**

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$868,727 (FY99 Award:
\$296,942)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,053,072 (FY 99:
\$400,125)

The 100 Net 2000 project will expand the 100 Black Men of Technology
Center to satellite centers in inner city neighborhoods. The project is
using as a framework the Urban CyperSpace Initiative, of the Center for
Urban Youth and Technology at the University of Albany, which focuses on
infusing advanced multimedia and telecommunications technologies into
under-served communities, using community technology centers to provide
opportunities for community and workforce development.

# Armory High School Sports Foundation

216 Ft. Washington Avenue

New York, NY 10032-3704

(New York -- Washington Heights Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Dr. Norbert Sander, (212) 923-1803,
norbsanders@hotmail.com

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$903,392 (FY99 Award:
\$305,426)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$345,100 (FY 99: \$131,000)

## In the Washington Heights section of New York, a Community Technology Center will offer a complete schedule of computer skills building workshops, a technology-infused early language intervention curriculum for pre-school children, and a business applications class. The area to be served has a large Dominican population with more than 50% of the families receiving AFDC. 

**ASPIRA Association Inc.**

1441 I Street NW, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20005

(Washington, D.C. Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Johnny Vilamil, (202) 835-3600, <Jvilamil@aspira.org>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$920,033 (FY99 Award:
\$299,769)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$413,999 (FY 99: \$120,260)

ASPIRA will replicate their community technology center model, building
four new centers in the mostly Latino, Empowerment Zone neighborhoods of
Chicago, Philadelphia, Bridgeport, Connecticut and Carolina, Puerto
Rico. Existing ASPIRA community centers will be expanded to include
computer learning rooms with internet connected computers and
educational software.

# Blackfoot School District 55

270 E. Bridge

Blackfoot, ID 83221

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Project Director: Dr. Betsy Goeltz, (208) 782-9548, goelb@d55.k12.id.us

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$900,000 (FY99 Award:
\$300,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$481,130 (FY 99: \$156,876)

A Family Technology Center (FTC) would be built to serve American Indian
and Hispanic individuals in a low-income, rural area in southeastern
Idaho. The Center would draw students and community members living on
the Shoshone-Bannock Reservation and migrant farming community. The FTC
would have a goal of increasing access to information technology and
using the technology to improve academic achievement and job skills.

# Board of Education, Prince George's County Public Schools

14201 School Lane

Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

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Project Director: Judy Finch, (301) 386-1608, jfinch@pgcps.org

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$542,541 (FY99 Award:
\$290,067)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$291,282 (FY 99: \$109,032)

Focusing on Langley Park, with 700 elementary school children from 36
countries and speaking 21 different languages, a community technology
center will provide after-school access and computer-based enrichment
exercises in basic math and English. The Center would also serve adults
who want to complete their GED, improve their English, or learn basic
computer repair skills. Adults will upgrade older computers for donation
to needy families.

# Capital Area Intermediate Unit

55 Miller Street

Summerdale, PA 17093-0489

Project Director: Dr. Linda Rhodes, (717) 732-8400, <linrhodes@aol.com>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$510,853 (FY99 Award:
\$205,508)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$406,797 (FY 99: \$136,321)

In addition to building satellite centers in neighborhoods that are part
of the Harrisburg Enterprise Community, the project will expand Career
Cybercafe, where high-school students and other residents learn
information technology skills, explore careers in technology, and are
connected to e-mentors.

# Casa Grande Elementary School District 4

1460 North Pinal Avenue

Casa Grande, AZ 85222

Project Director: Mike Batina, (520) 876-3619,
<mike.batina@cgelem.k12.az.us>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$783,032 (FY99 Award:
\$287,473)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$710,081 (FY 99: \$259,819)

The Central Arizona Community Technology Initiative (CACTI) will
establish Community Technology Centers in three rural and Native
American communities of Arizona. The centers will serve at-risk
children, the working poor, and those without access to computers.
Instructional technology at the centers will be used for academic
enrichment, workforce development, and GED completion. Students taking
A+ certification classes will upgrade donated computers to give to
families in need.

# Charles A. Hayes Family Investment Center

626 W. Jackson Boulevard

Chicago, IL 60615

(Chicago, IL Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Trushar Desai, (773) 285-2000 ext 3527,
Tdesai@thefic.org

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$682,982 (FY99 Award:
\$263,083)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$267,997 (FY 99: \$78,925)

The Charles Hayes Family Investment Center will expand its current
services in Chicago's Empowerment Zone by creating four new satellite
centers. The Chicago Consortium for Higher Education will provide access
to an interactive videoconference network run on dedicated T-1 lines.

# Chicago Commons

915 N.Wolcott Avenue

(Chicago, IL Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Mercedes Soto, (312) 421-3551,
sotom@chicagocommons.org

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$704,181 (FY99 Award:
\$297,242)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$436,292 (FY 99: \$140,321)

Three new community technology centers will be created in Chicago
Commons settlement houses, which are located in Chicago's Empowerment
Zone and Enterprise Community. Each site will have a trainer working
closely with settlement house staff to assist residents use information
technology to improve their lives.

# The Children's Aid Society

105 East 22^nd^ Street

New York, NY 10010-5413

(Harlem, NY Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Philip Coltoff, (212) 949-4933,
<pcoltoff@childrensaidsociety.org>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$894,094 (FY99 Award:
\$286,657)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$925,284 (FY 99: \$246,748)

The Children's Aid Society will expand an existing center and build
three new satellite centers. Serving the Harlem Empowerment Zone the
centers will work with Computers for Youth to increase home access,
improve computer literacy among residents, and increase participant
exposure to information technology careers through "Silicon Alley"
mentors.

# Community College of Southern Nevada

3200 E. Cheyenne Ave.

North Las Vegas, NV 89030-4296

(Clark County, NV Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Norma Buccelato, (702) 651-4394,
<norma_buccelato@cssn.nevada.edu>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$491,314 (FY99 Award:
\$195,871)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$535,032 (FY 99: \$188,288)

In one of the most economically distressed neighborhoods of Las Vegas,
the Community College of Southern Nevada Neighborhood Educational Center
will add 2 computer classrooms with full internet access, online
connections to distance learning, and educational software.

# Delaware Technical & Community College

1832 N. DuPont Parkway

Dover, Delaware 19901

Project Director: Shelby Jones Crawford, (302) 857-1400,
<scrawfor@outland.dtcc.edu>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$551,679 (FY99 Award:
\$242,404)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$347,796 (FY 99: \$103,893)

Delaware Technical and Community College will create a mobile community
technology center that will serve distressed urban and rural
communities. WHEELS (Working to Heighten Education and Employee Learning
Skills) will be a custom designed vehicle capable of offering basic
education, skills training, and computer literacy classes.

# DePaul University

1 East Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60604-2287

(Chicago, IL Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Dr. Roxanne Owens, (773) 325-4329,
<rowens@wppost.depaul.edu>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$739,635 (FY99 Award:
\$236,050)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$560,024 (FY 99: \$132,590)

This project will expand the Learning by Association Community
Technology Center at the West Town Association Site and create a new
center in one of the most impoverished, mostly immigrant areas of
Chicago, Humboldt Park. In addition to adult education and after-school
programming, the centers will provide small business start-up assistance
through connections with the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development.

# Desert Sands Unified School District

47950 Dune Palms Road

La Quinta, CA 92253

(Riverside County, CA Empowerment Zone)

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Project Director: Matt Blansett, (760) 771-8576,
mattbl@surf.dsusd.k12.ca.us

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$578,265 (FY99
Award:\$192,755)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$226,506 (FY 99: \$59,627)

Technology centers will be opened to provide opportunities for a largely
Hispanic population in a rural Empowerment Zone plagued by illiteracy
and high unemployment.

# Des Moines Area Community College

2006 S. Ankeny Blvd.

Ankeny, IA 50021-3003

(Des Moines, IA Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Mary Entz, (515) 964-6476, <mjentz@dmacc.dd.ia.us>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$750,696 (FY99
Award:\$252,927)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$680,053 (FY 99: \$217,997)

A large technology center will be established in the heart of the Des
Moines Enterprise Community and in a satellite center nearby. In
partnership with the State of Iowa Department of Workforce Development,
Des Moines Area Community College will open centers that deliver
educational technology to disadvantaged citizens in both urban and rural
communities.

# Detroit International Stake Adult Housing Corporation

16631 Lahser Road

Detroit, MI 48219

(Detroit, MI Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Gwen Simpson, (313) 531-5903,
<gsimpson@rldsdetroit.org>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$182,824 (FY99 Award:
\$75,880)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$151,156 (FY 99: \$42,520)

The project will expand an existing Neighborhood Networks Computer
Learning Center and a new center will be created serving Detroit's
Empowerment Zone. Objectives of the project include improving the job
skills of adults and enhancing the learning of students in the
after-school hours.

# Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority

P.O. Box 1218

Morristown, TN 37816-1218

(Rutledge, TN Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Cathy Kitts, (312) 421-3551, cathykitts@aol.com

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$889,133 (FY99 Award: \$
299,992)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$459,600 (FY 99: \$153,200)

In an area recognized by the Appalachian Regional Commission as
particularly "distressed," a Technical Education Center (ATEC) and three
satellite centers will be developed. Serving an Enterprise Community,
the centers will place a special emphasis on increasing the computer
literacy of female head-of-households and other disadvantaged
individuals.

# Edudyne Foundation

2232 Salt Air Drive

Santa Ana, CA 92705

(Santa Ana, CA Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Kenneth Allen, (714) 703-0086, <kallen@edudyne.org>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$944,440 (FY99 Award:
\$298,120)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$762,370 (FY 99: \$260,260)

A community technology center program will be created in an economically
distressed area. The center will help Spanish-speaking students, and
their parents, to improve their English-language proficiency and
computer literacy. With donations from local industry, home-ownership of
computers will be increased.

# Fairfield University

Psychology Department

North Beacon Road

Fairfield, CT 06430-5195

(Bridgeport, CT Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Dr. Judy Primavera, (203) 254-4000,
jprimavera@fair1.fairfield.edu

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$364,080 (FY99 Award:
\$166,599)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$197,133 (FY 99: \$73,629)

Fairfield University's ABCD Literacy Technology Training Center will
provide computers, Internet access, and training to low-income families
in the Bridgeport, Connecticut Enterprise Community. Building on a
collaborative partnership between the University and a non-profit
agency, Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc. (ABCD), the
project will create "satellite" computer centers in Head Start/School
Readiness classrooms that enhance both the computer and "traditional"
literacy of parents and children.

**Fairnet, Inc.**

1215 Cowles Street

Fairbanks, AK 99701

Project Director: John Johnston, (907) 488-5001, <fyfnet@vaf.edu>

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Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$498,499 (FY99 Award:
\$141,799)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$607,347 (FY 99: \$201,937)

FairNet (Electronic Community Network), the Literacy Council of Alaska,
the Fairbanks Native Association, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks,
and other partners have joined forces to develop three new community
technology centers and a mobile center to serve low-income
neighborhoods. All centers emphasize public access, open lab time, and
elder services.

# Family Solutions

2100 Front Street

Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221

(Akron, OH Enterprise Community)

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Project Director: Janice K. Pierson, (330) 928-1159,
<janp@familysolu.org>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$ 664,251 (FY99 Award:
\$298,400)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$363,305 (FY 99: \$105,417)

Family Solutions, a United Way family service agency with a 78-year
history, will develop two community technology centers. One will be
located in the Akron Enterprise Community. The center will serve youth
and adults who will learn to use information technology tools through
digital photo imaging/editing, web page design, and graphic design.

# Future Teachers of Chicago

513 W. 72^nd^ Street

Chicago, IL 60621

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Project Director: Ruth Gibson, (773) 651-0954, <FTC@Ameritech.Net>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$890,052 (FY99 Award:
\$300,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$384,000 (FY 99: \$103,000)

Future Teachers of Chicago, City Colleges of Chicago, the Chicago Public
Schools, and other partners plan to implement project LIFTT (Learning is
Fun Through Technology). The LIFTT collaboration will establish computer
learning centers in four Park District sites. College participants will
gain hands-on teaching experience in the use of technology as they
prepare to become inner-city teachers.

# Ganado Unified School District

P.O. Box 1757

Ganado, AZ 86505

(Window Rock, AZ Enterprise Community)

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Project Director: Madge Becker, (520) 755-1306,
<madelinebecker@yahoo,com>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$ 762,970 (FY99 Award:
\$279,340)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$570,363 (FY 99: \$177,408)

Located in the Navajo Nation, and the Window Rock Enterprise Community,
the Ganado Technology Center Project will focus on improving a
school-based computer lab, with expanded service to the wider community.
Project objectives include increasing student achievement, encouraging
the participation of adults in information technology training, and
increasing home-access to computers.

# Harlem Center for Education

1 East 104^th^ Street, Room 382

New York, NY 10029

(Harlem, NY Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Paula Martin, (212) 348-9200, PaulaJ24@aol.com

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$1,061,130 (FY99 Award:
\$353,710)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$473,412 (FY 99: \$157,804
)

A new center will be created in East Harlem, a designated Empowerment
Zone, to better prepare teachers to use technology and provide computer
literacy courses to area residents. Services will also include adult
education, after-school enrichment, and small business assistance.

# Hudson County Community College

25 Journal Square

Jersey City, NJ 07360

Project Director: Estelle Greenberg, (201) 714-2103,
egreenberg@mail.hudson.oc.nj.us

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$895,168 (FY99 Award:
\$299,563)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,043,726 (FY 99:
\$369,000)

The Hudson County Community College is forming a county-wide partnership
to develop a far-reaching network of community technology access sites.
Two core sites, one in Jersey City and the other in Union City, will
ultimately be working with 8 satellite centers.

**Leadership, Education, and Athletic Partnership, Inc.**

31 Jefferson Street

New Haven, CT 06511

(New Haven, CT Enterprise Community)

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Project Director: Ester Massie, (203) 773-0770, edmassie@yahoo.com

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$750,000 (FY99 Award:
\$265,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$522,382 (FY 99: \$116,002)

Leadership, Education, and Athletic Partnership, Inc. (LEAP) currently
operates a network of five LEAP Computer Learning Centers. They will
expand the learning services at these centers and build two additional
centers. The project will focus on ensuring the long-term sustainability
of the centers so that they become a permanent community resource, like
schools or libraries.

**Massachusetts Easter Seal Society, Inc.**

484 Main Street

Worcester, MA 01608

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Project Director: Jeff McAuslin, (508) 751-6448, Jeff@eastersealsma.org

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$460,545 (FY99 Award:
\$192,129)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$692,036 (FY 99: \$174,752)

The Easter Seals Assistive Technology Center, currently focusing on
individuals with disabilities, would be expanded to serve the broader
community. The center will provide after-school enrichment for students,
adult education, and career development.

# Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

P.O. Box 910

Keshena, WI 54135

(Keshena, WI Enterprise Community)

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Project Director: Jan Yeakey, (715) 799-5110, <jyeakey@mail.wiscnet.net>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$62,228 (FY99 Award: 62,228)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$26,694 (FY 99: \$26,694)

Three community learning centers will be created in outlying community
facilities to implement a technology-based education program designed to
improve high school retention and completion.

# Mercy Charities Housing

1028A Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

(San Francisco, CA Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Patricia Harney, (415) 522-6380,
[PHarney@Mercyhousing.org](mailto:Pharney@Mercyhousing.org)

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$540,000 (FY99 Award:
\$200,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$685,315 (FY 99: \$258,317)

Mercy Charities Housing, a non-profit dedicated to building affordable
housing, will create NET (neighbors, education, and technology) centers
in seven low-income housing developments.

# Middle Rio Grande Development Foundation

P.O. Box 1199

Carrizo Springs, TX 78834

Project Director: Tammye Carpinteyro, (830) 278-6817,
<tcarpin@admin.hilconet.com>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$582,402 (FY99 Award:
\$197,926)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$516,273 (FY 99: \$170,993)

The FUTURO project, focusing on a five county area and rural Enterprise
Community, will develop five new Technology Centers, open during the
after-school hours, evenings, and on weekends. Activities include a
pre-school reading enhancement program, interactive videoconferencing
for small business development, and webpage design.

# Mott Community College

1401 East Court Street

Flint, MI 48503-2089

(Flint, MI Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Robert Mathews, (810) 232-9360, rmatthew@email.mcc.edu

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$631,047 (FY99 Award:
\$177,813)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$538,297 (FY 99: \$146,998)

Mott Community College is partnering with several community
organizations to serve residents of the Flint Enterprise Community
through the creation of three new centers, one of which focuses on
serving those with disabilities. Mott Community College will serve as
the hub site providing internet access, two-way audio/video
conferencing, and technical support.

# New York City Board of Education

433 West 123^rd^ Street

New York, NY 10027

(Harlem, NY Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Elizabeth Ballard, (212) 769-7530, eballard@csd5.org

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Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$ 899,812 (FY99 Award:
\$299,908)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$ 2,212,870 (FY 99:
\$1,254,684)

Community School District 5 in New York will create a Renaissance
Community Technology Center. School-to-Work students will gain valuable
work experience by reconditioning donated equipment, maintaining center
computers, and providing technical support. Using the space of a Parent
Literacy Center currently under renovation, the center will also offer
video-conferencing equipment for distance learning.

# Peninsula College

1502 East Lauridsen Blvd.

Port Angeles, WA 98362-6698

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Project Director: James Walton, (360) 417-6235, <jwalton@ctc.edu>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$600,000 (FY99 Award:
\$200,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$630,000 (FY 99: \$210,000)

Peninsula College, in partnership with four Native American Tribes and
the Washington Employment Agency, will create a network of community
technology centers serving disadvantaged individuals in the remote
communities of the North Olympic Peninsula.

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# Seattle Public Library

100 4^th^ Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

(Seattle, WA Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Craig Kyte, (206) 386-4125, Craig.Kyte@spl.org

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$900,000 (FY99 Award:
\$300,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,015,528 (FY 99:
\$342,326)

A collaborative alliance has been created to expand the services and
ensure the sustainability of seven existing community technology
centers. The centers will serve low-income communities in Central and
Southeast Seattle, part of a federally designated Enterprise Community.

## **Science Museum of Minnesota**

c/o Learning Technologies

120 W. Kellogg Blvd.

St. Paul, Minnesota 55102

(St. Paul, MN Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Keith Braafladt, (651) 221-4710, keithb@smm.org

Project Partners:

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$485,040 (FY99 Award:
\$211,908)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$326,444 (FY 99: \$99,037)

The project will expand STUDIO 3D (Digital, Design, and Development), an
after-school outreach program providing computer access for adolescents
and their families in low-income, inner-city areas of Minneapolis and
St. Paul. Two new community technology centers will be created and
STUDIO 3D will be made available on a mobile lab.

# Sinte Gleska University

P.O. Box 490

Rosebud, SD 57570

Project Director: Margaret Grant, (605) 747-2263,
<mbenge@rosebud.sinte.edu>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$737,205 (FY99 Award:
\$280,428)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$291,995 (FY 99: \$84,855)

Sinte Gleska, one of the first tribal colleges and located in the
Rosebud Sioux Reservation, will open computer learning rooms at four of
their outreach extension centers. Project goals include open access to
technology, increased information technology skills, and improved
retention of high school and college students.

# Southeast Regional Resource Center

210 Ferry Way Suite 200

Juneau, AK 99801

(Juneau, AK Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Carin Smolin, (907) 586-6806, <cairns@serrc.org>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$867,267 (FY99 Award:
\$299,205)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$773,453 (FY 99: \$261,491)

Two new community technology centers will be created in Juneau, an
Enterprise Community, and Ketchikan, an economically distressed area.
These centers will provide access to technology and related learning
services. The Centers will be networked with educational institutions
and social services agencies to better serve disadvantaged Southeast
Alaskans.

# Texas A&M

Center for Housing and Urban Development

College Station, TX 77843-3137

# 

Project Director: Larry Rinconas, (956) 447-9355,
<larryrin@awesomenet.net>

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$581,649 (FY99 Award:
\$223,216)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$262,967 (FY 99: \$85,997)

Texas A & M will partner with numerous State and local agencies to open
computer learning labs in nine existing community centers along the
Texas-Mexico border. Project goals include increasing the educational
level of residents, improving their job skills, and increasing access to
technology.

# United Way of Midlands

1800 Main Street

P.O. Box 152

Columbia, SC 29202

(Columbia, SC Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Dee Albritton, (803) 254-2345,
dalbritton@richlandone.org

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$ 643,780 (FY 99 Award:
\$225,603)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$340,300 (FY 99: \$109,650)

Fast Forward, a project of United Way of Midlands, will increase access
to information technology for adults and children in the inner city of
Columbia, South Carolina \-- a designated federal Empowerment Zone (EZ).
The community technology centers will offer after-school enrichment,
adult education, and technical training. Midlands Technical College will
teach courses at the centers leading to an Associate's Degree in
Computer Science.

# YMCA of the East Bay

2230 Broadway

Oakland, CA 94612

(Oakland, CA Empowerment Zone)

# 

Project Director: Christine Karin, (510) 451-8039 ext 102,
ckarin@ymcaeastbay.org

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$898,237 (FY99 Award:
\$298,999)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$834,147 (FY 99: \$263,125)

In the San Francisco East Bay area, the "digital divide" is particularly
pronounced with flourishing information technology companies existing
near pockets of urban poverty. Targeting communities in West Oakland and
South Richmond, a unique collaborative will develop four, linked
community technology centers with a focus on after-school enrichment and
job training for adults.