### U.S. Department of Education

### Community Technology Centers Program

**Project Abstracts \-- FY 2000 Awards**

The Community Technology Centers (CTC) program funds projects that
create and expand community technology centers, places where children
and adults in low-income communities gain access to computers, the
Internet, and educational technology. In the first year of the program
(1999), 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 in September 1999. Profiles of the FY 2000 funded
projects are below.

**ALABAMA**

# Wallace Community College Selma

P. O. Drawer 1049

3000 Earl Goodwin Parkway

Selma, Alabama 36702-1049

Project Director: Dr. Shirley Leashore, (334) 487-9259,
<jrbe@wccs.cc.al.us>

Project Partners: The Ford Foundation Rural Community College
Initiative, American Association of Community Colleges\\Microsoft
Corporation Working Connections Information Technology program, and
county Departments of Housing, Human Resources, and Adult Education.

New Centers: 5

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$514,388 (Year 1 = \$215,196)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$518,640 (Year 1 =
\$172,880)

Wallace Community College and partners will create 5 new CTCs in rural,
Western Alabama. Three of the five counties to be served are in the top
100 most disadvantaged/high poverty counties in the country. The CTCs
will provide adults and children with basic computer skills instruction,
access to computer learning programs in reading, writing and math, and
career development. Each center will have an Information Technology
Career Resource Station for those interested in pursuing careers in
computer science.

# Jefferson State Community College

2601 Carson Road

Birmingham, Alabama 35215-3098

(Birmingham Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Chris House, (205) 856-7973 chouse@jscc.cc.al.us

Project Partners: Jefferson County Board of Education, United Way of
Central Alabama, Phi Theda Kappa, the Literacy Council of Central
Alabama, the Alabama Technology Network, and the Birmingham area Chamber
of Commerce.

New Centers: Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$1,038,450 (Year
1 = \$421,249)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, 1,274,031 (Year 1 =
\$418,677)

The Birmingham Educational Technology Center (BETC) will be located at
Jefferson State Community College and serve a community where 70 percent
of the children qualify for free or reduced lunch. BETC will provide an
intensive after-school technology program for children, as well as use
educational technology to provide Adult Basic Education, ESL and GED
instruction to adults. When fully functional, the comprehensive CTC will
be composed of 3 interconnected computer labs and 2 classrooms.
Video-conferencing links will be created with local schools to increase
learning opportunities. Cooperative agreements with social service
agencies will provide transportation assistance and promote the
availability of the services.

**ALASKA**

# Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

Federal Programs Department

125 W. Evergreen Avenue

Palmer, Alaska 99645

Project Director: Scott Warren, (907) 376-0910,
<swarren@msb.mat-su.k12.ak.us>

Project Partners: Mat-Su College, Mat-Su Agency Partnership, Pioneers
Home and Senior Centers, Mat-Su School District, Mat-Su College, Valley
Women\'s Resource Center, Chugiak Children Services, and Head Start.

New Centers: 21

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$899,970 (Year 1 = \$299,990)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,379,998 (Year 1 =
\$447,422)

The Mat-Su Digital Connection will establish a digital, cutting edge
technology resource center for the life-long learning needs of the
Mat-Su community and will insure that services are available to all
Alaskans. The centers will provide hands on training in the use of
computers, peripherals, applications and the Internet for continuing
education courses, teacher-training, and technology certification
programs. Populations to be served are Alaskans living in remote,
isolated areas, individuals with minimal technology skills, persons
living below the Federal poverty rate, women in transitional periods,
students at-risk, and high school dropouts.

**ARIZONA**

**Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County, Inc.**

1500 E. Thomas Road, Suite 102

Phoenix, Arizona 85014

(Phoenix Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Lynn Reed, (602) 274-3430, <literacy@nonline.com>

Project Partners: Administrative Office of the Arizona Supreme Court,
City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department, Division of Adult
Education, and the Arizona State Department of Education.

New Centers: 1

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 2 Years, \$183, 130 (Year 1 =
\$111,003)

Total projected non-federal match: 2 Years, \$148,100 (Year 1 =
\$72,100)

Technology-based literacy training for adults and families will be
provided by the community technology centers, including adult basic
education and English for speakers of other languages, and GED
preparation. The programs offered through community technology centers
will improve the language and technical skills of the residents in a
low-income neighborhood of Phoenix designated as a "Neighborhood Fight
Back Area." The programs aim to improve neighborhood cohesiveness,
reduce recidivism and crime, and respond to educational and cultural
needs as identified by community members.

# Sacaton Elementary School District

P.O. Box 98

Sacaton, Arizona 85247-0098

Project Director: Dr. Leon Ben, (520) 562-3339, lwben@sacaton.k12.az.us

Project Partners: U.S. Small Business Administration, Arizona Department
of Education, Arizona State University, Tempe Educational Consortium,
Gila River government agencies, Gila River Telecommunications.

Total Projected federal funding: 3 years, \$560,644 (year 1=\$195,664)

Total Projected nonfederal match: 3 years, \$345,244 (year 1=\$110,428)

New Centers: 1

The Sacaton community is concerned about the large number of bright
Native American youth who are failing to achieve in school and who enter
adulthood without the skills to be economically and socially productive.
The community technology center will address the specific needs of the
Sacaton children, youth, and adults. Programs will include academic
reinforcement and enrichment, adult education, technology-based career
and job preparation, and entrepreneurial support.

# CALIFORNIA

# Oakland Community Partnership

1212 Broadway, Suite 400

Oakland, California 94612-1809

(Oakland Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Jeff Abramson, (510) 834-9455,
jabramson@arcoakland.org

Project Partners: East Bay Perinatal Council, Community Health Academy,
Lazear Elementary School, East Bay Community Foundation and WestEd.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$525,640 (Year 1 = \$200,830)

Total projected non-federal funding: 3 Years, \$228,696 (Year 1 =
\$63,548)

The Computer Street Academy will provide open, drop-in access with
hands-on assistance for children, youth and adults in helping them
become more competitive in school and in the job market. Extensive
curriculum based computer technology classes and services will include
web site design, data management for business, and experimental learning
projects.

# New Directions for Youth

7400 Van Nuys Blvd. #203

Van Nuys, California 91405

(Los Angeles Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Joe Jackson, (818) 375-1000

Project Partners: City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department,
Jeopardy Foundation, Communities in Schools, Casa Esperanza Center for
Youth, local middle schools, churches and several non-profit agencies.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$286,475 (Year 1 = \$126,225)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$185,411 (Year 1 =
\$54,097)

The New Directions technology center will provide a technology-based
training and education program as well as home-based computing in both
English and Spanish to at-risk youth and their parents residing in Van
Nuys, Pacoima, Arleta, North Hills and Panorama City to improve their
economic opportunities.

# Pasadena Children\'s Training Society

dba The Sycamores

210 S. DeLacey, Street 110

Pasadena, California 91105

Project Director: Debra Manners, (626) 395-7100,
debbiemanners@sycamores.org

Project Partners: First Lutheran Church, Madison Elementary School,
Junior League of Pasadena, Inc., Young & Healthy, the Department of
Mental Health and others.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$291,115 (Year One:
\$133,118)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$187,018 (Year One:
\$57,091)

The Family Resource Technology Center will provide access to computers
for children and adults in need in the Madison community of Pasadena.
The center will feature both educational enhancement and
extra-curricular activities for the children through computer software
and the Internet. Adults will receive training to develop job skills,
create resumes, improve English proficiency, use the Internet and other
computer-based technology.

# Allen Community Development

916 Laguna Street

San Francisco, California 94115

(San Francisco Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Edgar Boyd, (415) 921-4935

Project Partners: Bethel A.M.E. Church, Saint Paulus Lutheran Church,
Western Addition Community Housing Association, and local businesses and
corporations.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$734,348 (Year 1 = \$265,796)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$517,410 (Year 1 =
\$126,590)

The Western Addition Community Technology Center will be the centerpiece
of a community-wide campus-like environment where youth and adult
residents begin to improve their lives by participating in
computer-based training, educational classes, and job training. The
center will utilize state-of-the-art technology and communications tools
to foster increased job placement, distance learning,
information-sharing and coordination of community services.

# El Centrito De La Colonia

P. O. Box 1613

251 South K Street

Oxnard, California 93032

Project Director: Luann Rocha, (805) 240-1131, elcentrito@aol.com

Project Partners: Oxnard School District, Police Department, Recreation
and Community Services, Housing and Rehabilitation, United Way of
Ventura County, James Irvine Foundation, and others.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$439,145 (Year 1 = \$145,731)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$333,660 (Year 1 =
\$77,260)

El Centrito\'s new technology center will allow for expanded access at a
new site in downtown Oxnard and offer computer-based tutoring, homework
assistance, individual and group projects and structured classes using
multimedia, the Internet and a range of state-of-the-art educational
software. Program activities will include employment and career
preparation workshops, peer educator/youth leadership groups, computer
assisted early literacy and parent leadership training in a low-income
Latino community.

# Santa Paula Union High School District

500 E. Santa Barbara Street

Santa Paula, California 93060

Project Director: Ray Sepulveda, (805) 525-4406, sergio2967@aol.com

Project Partners: Agriculture Science Partnership Academy, Annenberg
Rural Challenge, Santa Paula

One Stop Public Assistance Center, Ventura Community College, California
Community College Economic Development Network, and other local
organizations.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$660,500 (Year 1 = \$240,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$318,740 (Year 1 =
\$73,500)

Santa Paula will make computer-based learning and information technology
accessible in their rural community to 5500+ children, youth and adults.
The Santa Paula community technology center will offer computer-based
job skills training, adult education and family literacy instruction,
basic business development, and electronic commerce assistance.

# Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling

77 Geary Street, Suite 401

San Francisco, California 94108

(San Francisco Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Elizabeth Toupes (415) 782-6215

Project Partners: Enterprise Community Board, Mayor\'s Office of
Community Development, Arriba Juntos, Private Industry Council, San
Francisco Unified School District, Human Services, One-Stop Career
Center, Housing Authority, UC at San Francisco, City College of San
Francisco, and the Family Resource Network.

Expanded Centers: 3

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$744,017 (Year 1 = \$262,359)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$571,908 (Year 1 =
\$151,394)

The Jewish Vocational Services Technology Access Center, a non-profit
organization, will bring greater access to computer and informational
technology for career exploration, job search and work skills
development and an integrated computer literacy/ESL language development
program to residents of public housing and unemployed job seekers,
low-income workers, and youth with disabilities.

# COLORADO

**University of Denver**

2199 S. University Boulevard

Denver, Colorado 80208

(Denver Enterprise Zone)

Project Director: Walter LaMendola (303) 871-2796, <walter@lamendola>.

Project Partners: Denver Housing Authority.

New Centers: 1

Expanded Centers: 2

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$491,675 (Year 1, \$217,124)

Total projected nonfederal match: 3 Years, \$370,329 (Year 1, \$105,852)

The University of Denver's Bridge Project will incorporate technology
into established programs that provide educational and career
opportunities to children and adults living in Denver's public housing
development. Among these programs are: after school programs that
provide homework help, one-on-one tutoring, computer classes, and
mentoring; adult programs that include computer classes, GED
preparation, English as a Second Language (ESL); and summer programs
that utilize the computer lab for a creative writing magazine project,
and other projects.

**CONNECTICUT**

# Hartford Public Schools

153 Market Street

Hartford, CT 06103

Project Director: Gladys Hannon, 1-860-297-8460

Project Partners: Capitol Region Education Council, City of Hartford,
Hartford Department of Human Services, Foundation for Public Giving,
Area Workforce Development Board, and United Way of the Capital Area.

Expanded Centers: 9

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$600,000 (Year 1 = \$300,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,425,000 (Year 1 =
\$485,000)

Building on a loose network of nine Technology Learning Centers at
schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, and local libraries, the Partnership for
Community Education through Technology will significantly expand
services offered to distressed communities. Project objectives include:
hiring a technology coordinator to maintain and upgrade hardware,
purchasing new software tools to improve IT workforce preparation, and
increasing home access to technology. A computer factory will be created
to rehabilitate and distribute recycled computers that had been donated
through corporate donations. The Connecticut pre-engineering program
will institute a standards based curriculum for all of the computer
labs.

**LEARN Regional Educational Service Center**

44 Hatchetts Hill Road

P. O. Box 805

Old Lyme, Connecticut

Project Director: Doreen Marvin, (860) 434-4890, dmarvin@learn.k12.ct.us

Project Partners: Sam Mandell Holmes Family Resource Center, Project
Independence, New London Private Industry Council, Creative Connections,
Clinton After-School Care, Workforce Readiness, Inc, and the Bates Woods
Community Center.

New Centers: 4

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$671,286 (Year 1 = \$251,088)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$451,644 (Year 1 =
\$108,819)

LEARN, serving 24 school districts in southeastern Connecticut will
create four Regional Access for Technology (RAFT) Centers in communities
in which up to 60 percent of the school children are eligible for
reduced or free lunch. Each RAFT center will offer services specific to
its community\'s needs and resources including: community-based computer
literacy programs, professional development for teachers on the use of
technology, information technology skills training for parents, and
assistive technology services for parents seeking information and
support for children who are physically challenged.

**DELAWARE**

# Delaware Technical & Community College

333 Shipley Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19801

(Delaware Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Doris B. Brooks, (302) 571-5304

Project Partners: Community partnerships with Latin American community
center, Kingswood Community Center, Peoples Settlement, Northeast
Community Connecting Generations, Boys & Girls Club of Wilmington and
MagPage, Inc.

New Centers: 6

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$689,104 (Year 1 = \$297,910)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$338,652 (Year 1 =
\$112,884)

This project will create two-way interaction through technology where
community residents and students will learn about post secondary
programs and communicate with center counselors who will provide college
information. The project will provide increased access to technology and
literacy services to a community with low literacy levels.

**DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA**

# Foundation for Educational Innovation

401 M. Street, SW 2^nd^ Floor

Washington, DC 20024

(Washington, DC Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Archie Prioleau, 202-554-7400; <prioleau@fei-dc.org>

Project Partners: Shiloh Family Life Center, Roosevelt Senior High
School, Garfield Terrace Housing Project, Woodson Senior High School,
Ballou Senior High School, Covenant House Washington, The Latin American
Youth Center.

Expand: 5 centers

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years \$ 519,493 (Year One:
\$300,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years \$ 519,493 (Year One:
\$219,493)

This project will train adults and youth in basic computer literacy and
the use of software applications. Students will be trained and certified
in Geographical Information Systems. In addition, life and employment
readiness skills, career counseling, job placement services and
on-the-job career follow up services will be offered. More than 2000
persons will be served.

# Howard University

2400 Sixth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20059

(Washington, DC Empowerment Zone)

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$577,990 (Year One:
\$199,273)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$485,462 (Year One:
\$152,304)

Co-Project Directors: Dr. Charles Verharen/Dr. Rodney Green

Project Partners: City-Wide Learning Center, Howard University Family
Life Center.

New Center: 1

Howard University will create a center to serve the economically
impoverished communities surrounding the Howard University campus,
including Shaw, LeDroit Park, Petworth, Pleasant Plains, and Columbia
Heights. The Center will provide the following major activities: 1.
after-school activities, 2. evening and weekend activities for children
and adults, 3. activities for older teenagers and adults to address
career development and small business development needs, and 4. home
access.

# Friendship Public Charter School

619 D Street, SE

Washington, D. C. 20003

(Washington, DC Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Joe H. Harris III, (202) 675-9050,
<joeharris3@msn.com>

Project Partners: Edison Project, Inc., Academy for Educational
Development, DC Employment Services, Langston Terrace Public Housing
Association.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$573,915 (Year 1 = \$254,778)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$869,677 (Year 1 =
\$367,425)

The Friendship Community Technology Center will provide access to
telecommunications and technology-based educational programs and
activities for children and residents of economically disadvantaged
neighborhoods of Northeast DC, specifically those located in the
Washington, DC Empowerment Zone. Services will include: before/after
school enrichment, youth and adult basic education, workshops for
employment training/counseling/placement, parenting, and small business
programs.

# The George Washington University

2121 Eye St. NW, Suite 601

Washington, D.C. 20006-2353

(Washington, DC Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Cory Heyman, Ph.D., 202-973-1510, cheyman@gwu.edu

Project Partners: Educational software firms, workforce-development
organizations, colleges and universities, school districts, nonprofit
and for profit technology organizations, community groups, national
information clearinghouses, museums and local governments.

New Centers: 30

Expanded Centers: 30 in Washington, D.C., suburban Maryland and Northern
Virginia

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$385,596 (Year 1 = \$141,584)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$387,692 (Year 1 =
\$127,064)

Potomac Technology Empowerment Center (PTEC) will be created as a
regional resource that inspires prospective CTC providers to build new
centers. PTEC will be an interactive Internet-based resource that
provides technical assistance to prospective and existing providers to
expand service capacity, program offerings and program quality. PTEC
will use the power of scale among its multiple community-based partners
to leverage high-volume discounts on computer hardware and software
products. PTEC will provide central access to software applications,
reducing technology costs to individual CTCs.

# National Homes Trust

12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1400

Los Angeles, California 90025

(Washington, D.C. Enterprise Community site)

Project Director**:** Doug Rosen, 310-820-6968 (cell: 310-600-6893)

Project Partners: Carver Terrace LLC, Carver Terrace Tenants
Association, Greater Washington Urban League, Charles Young Elementary
School, Communities in Schools, Georgetown University, Instant Impact
and Remediation Training Institute

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$672,053 (Year 1 = \$258,428)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$544,447 (Year 1 =
\$146,366)

The Carver Terrace Community Technology Center is the centerpiece of an
educational training model and communication hub for youth and adult
residents of the low-income Carver Terrace community. The center will
serve as the hub of a community network of household, agencies, schools
and businesses connected via wireless technology and serve as the main
location for a variety of computer-based services and classes. The
Campus of Opportunity will be the major educational and training program
at the center. The Campus program will work with locally-based companies
who will provide software applications for state-of-the art technology
and communications tools to improve IT skills, foster distance learning,
resident empowerment, information-sharing and coordination of social
services.

**FLORIDA**

# Museum of Discovery & Science

401 Southwest Second Street

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312-1707

Project Director: Christian J. Proctor, (954) 467-6637,
<cproctor@mods.net>

Project Partners: Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Broward Center for the
Performing Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Broward Community College,
Broward County Library, and School Board of Broward County.

New Centers: 2

Expanded Centers: 2

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$553,827 (Year 1 = \$214,750)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$714,689 (Year 1 =
\$153,125)

Informational technology will be used in creative and innovative ways to
provide programs that will excite and inspire students and young adults
from traditionally under served audiences. Host sites will develop
programs that will include vocational training, literacy, access to
informational technology, counseling and research skills. Two new
community technology centers will be established located at the Museum
of Discovery and Science and the African American Research and Cultural
Center. The centers to be expanded are located at the main branch of the
Broward County Library and the 100 Black Men headquarters.

**GEORGIA**

**Creative Visions Foundations, Inc.**

P. O.Box 5024

Athens, Georgia 30604

Project Director: Dr. Robert E. Harrison, (706) 353-2440,
reharr@hotmail.com

Project Partners: University of Georgia, WBKZ Radio.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$395,706 (Year 1 = \$225,250)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$237,708( Year 1 =
\$95,040)

Networked sites in low income neighborhoods will offer access to
employment opportunities and career information, enhance lifelong
learning opportunities and provide Internet access, after-school
activities and small business activities. The project will partner with
the University of Georgia and WBKZ Radio Station to provide center space
and instruction.

# Morehouse School of Medicine

80 Butler Street, SE

P.O. Box 26158

Atlanta, Georgia 30335

(Atlanta Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Dr. Marion Howard; 404-616-3513; <mhowa02@emory.edu>

Project Partners: Grady Health System, Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory
University School of Medicine, and Hughes Spaulding Children\'s
Hospital.

New Centers: 3

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years \$511,862 (Year One: 164,653)

Total projected non-federal match 3 Years \$208,755 (Year One: 50,977)

This project will create 3 new centers in medical centers and publicly
funded hospitals. The centers will make educational technology available
to economically disadvantaged persons to support health care and provide
an array of learning opportunities that facilitate positive life
choices. Internet access will assist teen and their parents in locating
resources on health behaviors. The centers will also assist welfare
recipients in locating resources for job development and employment
readiness.

# Dekalb County School System

3770 N. Decatur Road

Decatur, Georgia 30032

Project Director: Dr. Mindy DiSalvo

Project Partners: Dekalb County School System, Georgia Technical
Research Institute, Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University,
100 Black Men, the Juvenile Court System, Georgia Department of
Education, and Georgia Department of Labor.

Expanded Centers: 12

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years (Year One \$256,016 )

Total projected non-federal match for (Year One: \$259,000)

This project will expand after school programs that provide technology
access to one of the area\'s most severely economically disadvantaged
communities. The expanded centers will become technology hubs for
community learning. In addition to providing access, the centers will
develop computer and technology awareness and skills, and improve
academic skills and employment readiness.

**ILLINOIS**

# Thornton High School District 205

465 E. 170th Street

South Holland, Illinois 60473-3481

(Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Linda Summers, (708) 225-4171, <lsummers23@aol.com>

Project Partners: Harvey, Illinois Park District, and Village of
Phoenix, Illinois.

New Centers: 5

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$696,363 (Year 1 = \$257,430)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$362,601(Year 1 =
\$102,000)

Thornton School District in partnership with Harvey, Illinois Park
District and the Village of Phoenix will develop model CTCs serving
communities in the south suburbs of Chicago. The centers will provide
extended access to technology resources. Training, provided in
conjunction with the local education agency and other partners, will
support adult literacy and GED training, English as a Second Language
(ESL) studies, and work skills development.

# Lincoln Land Community College

5250 Shepherd Road

P.O. Box 19256

Springfield, Illinois 62794

(Springfield Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Anne Schneider; 217-786-2451;
<anne.schneider@llcc.cc.il.us>

Project Partner: Springfield Housing Authority.

New Centers: 3

Total projected federal funding: 3 years \$900,000 (Year One: 300,000)

Total projected non-federal match 3 years \$427,680 (Year One: 138,840)

This project will provide an array of services in the Springfield
Enterprise Community. These services include after-school programs,
computer instruction, welfare-to-work programs, career development and
job readiness, small business development activities, and home access to
technology. In the third grant year, the centers will be connected to
the college\'s Millennium center to support distance learning.

# Depaul University

1 E. Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, Illinois 60604

(Chicago Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Dr. Bernice Taylor

Project Partners: STRIVE Chicago Employment Services, Youth Service
Project, Inc., HomeBoyz/Girls Webmaster Program.

New Center: 1

Expanded Center: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 years \$1,561,375 ( Year One:
\$547,694)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years \$ 894,062 (Year One:
\$282,453)

The new and expanded centers, located on the west side of Chicago, will
provide training in computer applications, employment services and job
readiness, home access, after school activities for youth and children,
and provide jobs in technology to residents who complete the program.
Other project elements include: expanding internet connections,
broad-based training for participants, and connecting technology to
traditional education for adults and children.

**KANSAS**

# Southeast Kansas Education service Center

P.O. Box 189

947 W. 57 Highway

Girard, Kansas 66743-0189

Project Director: Michael Bodensteiner, (316) 724-6281,
<mike.bodensteiner@greenbush.org>

Project Partners: American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Kansas
Department of Education, Kansas Association Interactive Distance
Learning, libraries and family resource center.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$857,521 (Year 1 = \$310,019)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$660,545 (Year 1 =
\$197,520)

The Greenbush Community Technology Learning Center (GCTLC) for the 21st
Century will provide online and computer-assisted training, technical
resources and support to transform a school into a comprehensive
technology learning center that will benefit the whole community, in
particular, students and parents living in economically distressed rural
areas. Students, teachers, and technology specialists will be trained to
work in teams to deliver technological support to community members. In
addition to supporting school-aged children and the broader community,
the GCTLC will incorporate a number of strategies to engage young
children and parents in technology literacy training. A major initiative
of the Center will be the integration of technology literacy training
into home-based early childhood education programs delivered by trained
parent educators.

**Keys for Networking, Inc.**

117 SW 6th Avenue

Topeka, Kansas 66603-3805

Project Director: Jane Adams, (785) 233-8732, <jadams@keys.org>

Project Partners: Keys for Networking, Inc, Washburn University, City of
Topeka, Unified School District 501 and YMCA, and Rites of Passage

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$868,913 (Year 1 = \$299,657)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$350,900 (Year 1 =
\$93,800)

The Abbott Community Technology Center will be based at the Abbott
Community Center, located in the most economically disadvantaged area of
Topeka. The center will provide computer access to community members of
all ages. Computer training workshops will range from beginner level
classes on Windows and the Internet to advanced workshops on word
processing, databases, and web page design. Washburn University
coursework will be offered at Abbott for credit on-line.

**MARYLAND**

# Baltimore Urban League

512 Orchard Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

(Baltimore Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Michael Smith; 410-523-8150; <msmith@bul.org>

Project Partners: HUD, Lockheed Martin, Baltimore City Detention Center,
Bell Atlantic, Communities On-Line, Chesapeake Foundation, Coppin State
College, Enoch Pratt Library, IBM, Orchard Mews Management Assoc.,
University of Maryland, UPS, Park Heights Employment and Literacy
Institute.

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years \$675,000 (Year One: \$250,000)

Total projected non-federal match 3 Years \$404,060 (Year One:
\$169,000)

Expanded Center: 1

This project will provide education, employment, and information support
through technology access to an economically disadvantaged urban
community. The center will foster life-long learning, increase computer
literacy, help residents develop and expand employment goals, train and
assist welfare-to-work customers, and increase technology awareness and
provide a vehicle for in-home computer acquisition.

# Goodwill Industries International

9200 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3896

Project Director: Jim Van Erden, (301) 530-6500, ext. 4500;
<vanerdenj@goodwill.org>

Project Partners: Information Technology Association of America, United
Way, Rockford Park District City, and Rock Valley Community College.

New Centers: 2

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$751,752 (Year 1 = \$251,600)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$532,553 (Year 1 =
\$112,170)

The centers will incorporate concepts of the Family Learning Center
model based on the principle that family members who learn together will
support each other during the educational process and will serve a wide
range of people including school-age children, adults and seniors. Using
technology, families will be able to access educational, employment and
support resources far beyond their home communities. Additional regional
Goodwill sites will work to provide services to residents.

# MASSACHUSETTS

# Lowell Telecommunications Corporation

246 Market Street

P. O. Box 803

Lowell, Massachusetts

(Lowell Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Felicia M. Sullivan, (978) 458-5400, crc@1tc.org

Project Partners: Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association, Coalition for
a Better Acre, Girls Inc., Latinos in Action, Lowell Boys & Girls Club,
Lowell Community Charter School, Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese
Speakers, Parroquia Nuestra Senora del Carmen, St. Julie Asian Center,
United Teen Equality Center, and the YWCA of Lowell.

New Centers: 7

Expanded Centers: 6

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$869,850 (Year 1 = \$299,540)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$926,874 (Year 1 =
\$302,413)

The Lowell Community Technology Consortium will build upon its existing
network of community technology centers and create seven new ones in
this ethnically diverse community by bringing project-oriented and
media-based approaches to training programs for children and adults. The
consortium will provide a comprehensive, community-based technology
education program targeting those who would not otherwise have access
and engage them in higher level cognitive activities through the use of
technology in structured and self-learning environments.

# Gallivan Boulevard Community Center

61 Woodruff Way

Mattapan, Massachusetts 02126

(Boston Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: David Hinton, (617) 635-5252

Project Partners: Hassan Community House (seniors housing), Taylor
Middle School, Boston Public Library, Boston Police Department, North
American Family Institute Center, local small businesses and
community-based organizations.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$124,778 (Year 1 = \$59,978)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$98,100 (Year 1 = \$25,500)

The Gallivan Boulevard Community Technology Center will expand its
technology educational training services to create \"technology troops\"
of youths and adults to work as support technicians and online mentors
for day care providers, senior citizens, schools and other
organizations. The center will create web services to support the local
police and library in a SafeFutures area.

# International Institute of Greater Lawrence

125 Amesbury Street

Lawrence, Massachusetts 10840

Project Director: Rafael Abislaiman, (978) 678-0981,
rabislaiman@prodigy.net

Project Partners: Immigration and Naturalization Services, Lawrence
Department of Training and Development, Northern Essex Community College
and Lawrence Transitional Assistance Office.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$475,400 (Year 1 = \$199,700)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$479,000 (Year 1 =
\$105,000)

The Greater Lawrence Community Technology Center will expand its
services in computer learning and literacy, office technology, job skill
training and English literacy to the greater community of
limited-English speaking residents. In addition, the center will begin
to create a new English-Spanish cable television show on computer
learning emphasizing the value and power of literacy achievement and
using computer technology.

**MICHIGAN**

# University of Michigan

University Outreach

303 E Kearsley Street

Flint, Michigan 48502

(Flint Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Harry S. Blecker; 810-767-7373;
<blecker_h@csr.flint.umich.edu>

Project Partners: Oak Business Center, Northbank Center, Business
Information Center,

New Centers: 2

Total Projected Federal Funding: 3 Years \$605,010 (Year One: \$209,606)

Total Projected non-federal Match: 3 Years \$217,433 (Year One:
\$54,934)

This project will to provide residents and small businesses training in
small business development, as well as instruction on the use of
computers and technology. Detailed instruction on business start-up
programs, business development, entrepreneurial skills and e-commerce,
and basic computer instruction will be provided. Residents will use the
labs to develop business plans, perform Internet market research,
prepare correspondence, create marketing tools, and receive basic
computer training.

**MINNESOTA**

# Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

HCR 67 Box 194

Onamia, Minnesota 56359

Project Director: Jerry Staples, (320) 532-3789,
<jerrysta@millelacsojibwe.nsn>

Project Partners: Grand Casino Mille Lacs, Grand Casino Hinckley, Mille
Lacs Child Care Center, Mille Lacs Reservation Head Start, and Tribal
Employment and Training/Minnesota Family Investment Program

New Centers: 3

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$726,854 (Year 1 = \$295,985)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$417,547 (Year 1 =
\$172,100)

Mille Lacs community technology center will focus on providing
technology access to Mille Lacs Band members and their families to break
the cycle of poverty, unemployment and illiteracy in this Native
American community. Programs will include a mentoring program, education
classes, a fine arts, career exploration and assessment, small business
development and life skills training. Programs will be located in or
accessible through the network of community technology centers
established in each district of the Mille Lacs Band reservation.

# CommonBond Communities

328 Kellogg Boulevard West

St. Paul, Minnesota

(St. Paul Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Scott Beckman, (651) 290-6243,
<beckman@commonbond.org>

Project Partners: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Minnesota Housing and Finance Agency, St. Paul Public Schools, St. Paul
Companies (insurance company), and Cathedral of St. Paul.

New Centers: 4

Expanded Centers: 23

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$150,000 (Year 1 = \$50,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$2,285,159 (Year 1 =
\$717,342)

CommonBond communities will create one-stop technology centers situated
in urban and rural low-income housing communities. These one-stop
centers called Advantage Centers will provide information and assistance
in six self-sufficiency areas to children, families, senior and
community members by offering technology-based educational programs in
computer literacy, academic achievement, job readiness and lifelong
learning. CommonBond is using a significant portion of its grant funds
to hire a full-time Youth Education Coordinator responsible for
providing leadership to the Program Coordinators at multiple sites,
creating academic curriculum, and developing effective outreach
initiatives for volunteer mentors, instructors, and youth, and other
services.

# Sibley County

P.O. Box 207

Courthouse

Gaylord, MN 55334

Project Director: Wanda Nielson, (507) 237-4106, <wkn@frontiernet.net>

Project Partners: Sibley County Community Alliance for Life Long
Learning (CALL) comprised of twenty community, government and
educational agencies.

New Centers: 6

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$575,400 (Year One:
\$211,700)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$258,000 (Year One:
\$86,000)

Sibley County is a rural agricultural county in south central Minnesota.
The population of Sibley County is one of the most disadvantaged in
Minnesota. In the early 1990's, Sibley County began attracting a growing
Chicano/Latino population to work in the agricultural and food
processing industries in the area. Many residents are "working poor,"
having little resources, energy and time for technology, adult learning,
and involvement in school and community activities. The project will
make technology more accessible to residents of Sibley County. Six
community technology sites will be established in easy to access
buildings across the county to provide a wide range of services from
translation and language services to computer software and Internet
training.

**MISSOURI**

# The Cornerstone Partnership

6347 Plymouth Avenue

Wellston, MO 63133

(St. Louis Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Richard Wile, (314) 862-2777,
<cornrstn@stlouis.missouri.org>

Project Partners: Members of the Brownbag Technology Collaborative, a
partnership among 10 St. Louis training agencies including: ByteWorks,
Caring Communities, Computer Village, Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls
Club, Missouri Goodwill Industries, and others.

New Centers: 3

Expanded Centers: 3

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$565,316 (Year One:
\$230,184)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,891,719 (Year One:
\$832,744)

This project will create and expand educational programs and access to
technology for low-income residents of the Greater St. Louis Regional
Empowerment Zone and adjacent areas. Ten partners have joined to
maximize the reach and impact of their resources by sharing knowledge,
resources, and referrals. The project will create a seamless web of
service delivery, utilizing the strengths of each partner and leveraging
the resources (time, technology, and people) each partner brings to the
effort.

# Penn Valley Community College

3201 Southwest Trafficway

Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2746

(Kansas City Enterprise Zone)

Project Director: Leo Hirner, (816) 472-2035,
<hinerl@pu.kcmetro.kcmetro.cc.mo.us>

Project Partners: Metropolitan Community Colleges, Southwestern Bell,
MoreNet, and Capper Foundation for Assistive Technology.

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$667,794 (Year 1=\$285,875)

Total projected nonfederal match: 3 Years, \$462.260 (Year 1=\$100,000)

Expanded Centers: 4

The Kansas City.Community Access to Technology.Net project (KC.CATT.NET)
will expand and enhance programs and services available through an
established system of "telecommunity" centers. Objectives include:
increase access to technology for residents of the Kansas City Enhanced
Enterprise Community, develop academic skills through technology,
increase use of assistive technology by persons with disabilities, and
deliver training for computer support technicians.

**NEBRASKA**

# Applied Information Management Institute

118 South 19th Street, #1A

Omaha, Nebraska 68102-1313

(Omaha Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Kathleen L. Berg Eagen, (402) 345-5025 ext. 108,
<keagen@omaha.org>

Project Partners: AIM Consortium comprised of over 160 businesses,
colleges and universities, school districts, Greater Omaha Chamber of
Commerce, State of Nebraska, and US West Communications.

New Centers: 3

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$894,979 (Year 1 = \$298,540)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$563, 889 (Year 1 =
\$171,820)

AIM Institute community technology centers will meet the educational and
socioeconomic needs of the Enterprise Community residents and help them
overcome the many barriers to their successful acquisition of 21st
Century technology skills. The community technology centers will provide
an array of services and activities targeted toward students, parents,
teachers, and community residents designed to provide access to
computers and information technology. Key program features include:
before/during/after-school activities, adult education and family
literacy, career development and job preparation, small business
activities, technology outreach, and access.

# NEW JERSEY

# ASPIRA, Inc. of New Jersey

390 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07104

Project Director: William Colon, 973 484-7554, wcaspira@bellatlantic.net

Project Partners: Trenton Public Schools, Jersey City Public Schools,
FOCUS (Hispanic Center for Community Development, Inc.) Camden County,
and Rutgers University.

New Centers: 5

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$825,000 (Year One:
\$275,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$370,342 (Year One:
\$99,000)

ASPIRA, Inc. will establish 5 new centers to serve economically and
educationally disadvantaged school-age children and adults -- and will
later seek funding for building an additional 7 centers. The project
proposes serving more than 2000 adults and children. It is proposed
that, in addition to other activities, ten courses will be conducted at
each center, including: Introduction to Computers for Beginners and
Intermediate and Advanced Computer training. Adults who complete a
G.E.D. will be referred to various organizations that provide vocational
training. All centers will have links to the Workforce New Jersey Public
Information Network so that customers can search job listings.

**NEW MEXICO**

# University of New Mexico Health Sciences

915 Camino de Salud NE

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-5041

(Albuquerque Enterprise Community)

Project Directors: Judith Liddell (505) 272-2763, <jliddell@unm.edu;>
Melody Smith (505) 272-2763, <msmith@unm.edu>

Project Partners: Parents Reaching Out, Center for Development and
Disability, and the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$329,070 (Year 1 = 150,643)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$209,582 (Year 1 =
\$64,561)

The NO Walls (NOW) community technology center will increase the
capacity of persons with disabilities, their families, service
providers, teachers, and advocates in using computer technology. The
center will offer services and supports to persons with disabilities and
their families to facilitate the building of inclusive communities that
encourage full participation across barriers and enhance the
accessibility and delivery of information about disabilities. In
addition to training persons with or at risk for having a disability,
their families, service provider, caregivers, teachers and advocates on
how to access information using computer technology, NO Walls will also
educate the general population in the Albuquerque metropolitan area on
how to access information about disabilities using computer technology.

**NEW YORK**

# Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

1368 Fulton Street

Brooklyn, New York 11216

Project Director: Jose Audel, 718 636-6930

Project Partners: Bell Atlantic, Bankers Trust, IBJ Whitehall Bank,
Community Board No. 8 Brooklyn,

Curtis and Associates, Inc., and others.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$900,000 (Year 1 = \$300,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,638,169 (Year 1 =
\$477,334)

The Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, founded in 1967 by
Senator Robert Kennedy, will significantly expand the services of its
newly created Restoration Information and Technology Education (RITE)
center. The RITE center offers a variety of computer training programs
and job placement services, serving at-risk populations and former
welfare recipients.

# 

# National Puerto Rican Forum

31 East 32^nd^ Street, 4^th^ Floor

New York, New York 10016-5536

(Bronx Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Kofi A. Boateng, (212) 685-2311, <kofib@nprf.org>

Project Partners: High School of World Culture.

New Centers: 3

The National Puerto Rican Forum (NPRF) will establish 2 community
technology centers and a school based satellite during the first year of
its grant award. In the second and third years, NPRF will replicate the
program in Chicago, Illinois. NPRF will develop technology programs that
build upon its current training offerings including: computer classes,
adult basic education, GED, and employment and training courses.

# Research Foundation of SUNY

211 UB Commons

520 Lee Entrance

Amherst, NY 14228-2567

(Buffalo Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Dr. Sherryl D. Weems, 716-849-6737

Project Partners: MLKing Urban Life Center, Buffalo Urban League,
Buffalo One-Stop Access Center and Bethel Head Start.

Expanded Centers: 2

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$894,791 (Year 1 = \$299,092)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,114,493 (Year 1 =
\$287,205)

The TECHnology WORKS Resource Center Program will expand technology
access to computer-based programs in Area 2 on the East Side of
Buffalo\'s inner city. The University of Buffalo\'s Educational
Opportunity Center will serve as the hub to satellite sites that will
offer educational and technology-based literacy programs, workforce
development, adult education, and intergenerational workshops for middle
school students using distance learning and computer-related technology.

# CWI

37 Everts Avenue

P.O. Box 303

Glens Falls, New York 12801

Project Director: Joe Poliquin, (518) 793-4700, jepcwi@capital.net

Project Partners: J. W Murray Center, Queensbury Union Free School
District, and Cortland City School District.

New Centers: 5

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$683,842 (Year 1 = \$297,696)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$483,816 (Year 1 =
\$149,162)

Centers will provide user-friendly access and informational technology
to residents in Glen Falls and Courtland counties, particularly to those
with disabilities or who are disadvantaged. A project objective is for
these individuals to function more independently and provide them with
the technological know-how to accomplish long term goals and obtain
gainful employment. Some of the services planned include academic
enrichment activities using multimedia and the Internet, basic
computing, IT career development, and small business and electronic
commerce start-up activities.

# Genesee Community College

One College Road

Batavia, New York

Project Director: Dr. Peggy Curry, (716) 345-6999,
p1curry@sunygenesee.cc.ny.us

Project Partners: Orleans Community Action Committee, New York
Department of Labor Community Service Center, Livingston County
Employment and Training Department, Orleans County Job Development
Agency, Board of Cooperative Educational Services, and YMCA of Genesee
County.

New Centers: 5

Expanded Centers: 8 technology access sites

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$604,898 (Year 1 = \$216,051)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$342,595 (Year 1 =
\$98,007)

The GLOW (Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming counties) CTC
Network is dedicated to expanding access to technology in low-income
communities in rural, western New York. The Center and its partners will
provide basic computer training, workforce information and services.
Populations to be served include: pre-school children in Head Start,
K-12 and postsecondary students, adult job seekers, women in domestic
violence shelters, and senior citizens. Native American children and
adults who are part of the Tonawanda Band of the Seneca Nation will also
be served.

# Rochester Museum & Science Center

657 East Avenue

Rochester, New York 14607

(Rochester, New York Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Elizabeth Brauer, (716) 256-3170,
betsy_brauer@rmsc.org

Project Partners: City of Rochester, Academy for Career Development,
Inc., Rochester Family Mission, Microsoft Corporation, Gifts in Kind,
and the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Expanded Centers: 18

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$597,794 (Year 1 = \$172,919)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$369,500 (Year 1 =
\$131,500)

The Community Computers for Rochester will build on the foundation of an
informal network of community-based computer labs already in existence
or planned for the city's most distressed neighborhoods. These centers
are loosely organized and in need of substantial development and
expansion. The project will provide resources and training in CTC
operation and management as well as coordinated technical services for
operation.

**SOBRO (South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation)**

370 East 149th Street

Bronx, New York 20455

(Bronx Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Joseph Cook, (718) 2922-3113, sobropta@aol.com

Project Partners: A Better Bronx for Youth (a consortium of 30 community
organizations), the Bronx Information Network, McGraw-Hill Lifetime
Learning, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy of the
New School for Social Research, New York City Community School District
#7, Per Scholas, Tech Trend, and Tenants United for Better Living.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$557,583 (Year 1 = \$272,157)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$247,386 (Year 1 =
\$106,269)

SOBRO will create a comprehensive Computer Technology Laboratory,
serving disadvantaged residents of the South Bronx. The Center will
provide technology-assisted adult education, job training, after school
programs, computer training, and small business assistance. Partner,
McGraw-Hill Lifetime Learning, will provide "Teach Yourself Microsoft
Office," a self-paced learning program designed for network delivery.

**Audubon Partnership for Economic Development (APED)**

5000 Broadway Suite A

New York, New York 10034-1620

(Harlem Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Walther G. Delgado, (212) 544-2470,
aped1dc@datatone.com

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$277,100 (Year 1 = \$139,300)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$168,700 (Year 1 =
\$58,300)

APED, a New York Local Development Corporation, will launch CREATE
(Community Resource for Enterprise Assistance, Technology, and
Employment). CREATE will be a family-friendly and accessible storefront
technology resource center serving disadvantaged Latinos. 41 percent of
the target population receive some form of income support. Program
priorities will include helping local businesses and individuals to use
technology to achieve their goals.

# Research Foundation\\CUNY for Lehman College

250 Bedford Park Blvd. W.

Bronx, New York 10468

(Bronx Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: David Fletcher, (718) 960-8006,
fletcher@alpha.lehman.cuny.edu

Project Partners: ASPIRA, PIUS XII, PHIPPS, Pathways for Youth, Bronx
Educational alliance, Bronx Information Network, NetTech, National Urban
Technology Center, and the Bronx Superintendents\' Forum.

New Centers: 11

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$905,818 (Year 1 = \$294,697)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,025,00 (Year 1 =
\$182,000)

Lehman College, a charter member of the Hispanic Educational
Telecommunications System (HETS), and member partners will create the
Bronx Community Technology Community Network (B-CTCN). B-CTCN will
create a new systemic change model for the delivery of training and
educational services using technology. Eleven internet and distance
education interconnected technology centers will serve some of the most
disadvantaged residents of the Bronx. Student educational programming
will track the curriculum of the National Educational Technology
Standards for Students (NETS) model.

**Project Reach Youth, Inc.**

199 14th Street - 3rd Floor

Brooklyn, New York 11215

Project Director: Robert Madison, (718) 768-0778, pryl@dti.net

Project Partners: Community School District 15, The Open Book, Family
Reception Center, Long Island University, and other local community
organizations.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$771,674 (Year 1 = \$268,
402)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$307,265 (Year 1 =
\$82,521)

The South Brooklyn CTC will promote educational programming in three
program areas: after- school technology programs, adult education, and
IT workforce development. Citing Bellcore Lab studies that most people
learn technology best from "somebody they know," the center will recruit
college students from Long Island University to serve as tutors, Cyber
mentors, and bilingual guides. In the summer, the center will hold Cyber
Camps, an intensive computer experience focusing on basic IT skills for
community youth. In years 2 and 3, satellite centers will be created at
community partner organizations.

# Abyssinian Development Corporation

131 West 138 Street

New York, New York 10030

(Upper Manhattan/ South Bronx Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Darren Walker

Project Partners: Teachers College of Columbia University (Institute for
Learning Technologies), Harlem School for the Arts, Harlem YMCA, New
York City Mission Society, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Manhattan
Neighborhood Network, National Urban Technology Center, Horizon, The
Employment Channel, Digital Mafia Entertainment, and many others.

New Centers: 7

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$896,464 (Year 1 = \$299,945)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$802,500 (Year 1 =
\$217,500)

The NY One-Net Project will create seven CTCs on the premises of
existing community-based organizations. The National Urban Technology
Center and the Employment channel will provide programs and educational
services for residents including IT skills development, small business
development training, and adult basic literacy.

**Minorities and Women Business Development (MWBE) Center, Inc.**

P.O. Box 3293

113-115 Court Street

Binghamton, New York 13902-3293

Project Director: Laura Knochen-Davis, 607 724-2118

Project Partners: Refugee Assistance program, NY Department of Labor,
Binghamton Housing Authority, Binghamton University, Broome County
Council of Churches, SCORE, the Urban League of Broome County, and
others.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$746,497 (Year 1 = \$295,254)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,413,527 (Year 1 =
\$126,537)

Through the creation of a MWBE-CTC, residents will have open access to
technology and educational services with a focus on IT career
development and small business enhancement. Clients will be able to
learn from trained professionals how they can use business applications
software to grow and make more effective their micro-enterprises and
small businesses.

**Southeast Bronx Neighborhood Centers, Inc.**

955 Tinton Avenue

Bronx, NY 10456

(Bronx Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Diane Herbert, 718 542-2727

Project Partners: Bronx Community Board No. 3, Riverwatch, Inc., Jane
Addams Vocational High School, and others.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$ (Year 1 = \$215,270)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$191,000 (Year 1 =
\$67,068)

Southeast Bronx Neighborhood Centers, a non-profit multi-service agency
serving the South Bronx, will expand the services at its existing CTC.
Objectives of the project include: increasing public access to computers
and the Internet, using computer tutorials to assist local high school
students pass the New York State Board of Regents Exams, teaching basic
computer skills to adults, and improving the standardized test scores of
elementary schools students through after-school enrichment.

**OHIO**

# Labor Management Cooperative Council of East Central Ohio

401 Market Street

Zanesville, Ohio 43701

Project Director: Beverly Santicola, (740) 454-1188,
<almcc@eyberzane,net>

Project Partners: American Electric Power, Armco, Inc., CORC Job
Training, Coshocton Public Library, Riverview School District, Ridgewood
School District, Coshocton City Schools, and Coshocton County Family &
Children First Council.

New Centers 3

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$532,859 (Year 1 = \$180,928)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$369,412 (Year 1 =
\$77,540)

Technology centers located in rural schools will provide access to
computers and technology to residents in Appalachian rural region of
Ohio. The centers will link geographically remote and dispersed
vocational and high school students, link teacher support systems, and
link the educational system to workforce development and economic
development service systems in East Central Ohio.

**OKLAHOMA**

# Oklahoma City Community College

7777 S. May Avenue

Oklahoma City, OK 73159

(Oklahoma City Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Dr. Gary Rankin (405) 682-7536, <grankin@okc.cc.ok.us>

Project Partners: The Capital Hill Main Street Renewal Project, Oklahoma
City Public Schools, The Latino Development Agency, Metropolitan Library
System.

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$442.942 (Year One \$180,500)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$260,378 (Year One:
\$94,490)

New Centers: 1

The Capital Hill Community Technology Center will provide access to
computers and technology, particularly educational technology, to adults
and children in a low-income Hispanic community who otherwise would lack
that access. The Center is designed to increase access to technology and
promote the use of technology in education for a minimum of 1,500
low-income persons and 50 minority businesses in the first year.
Programs include: after-school activities for elementary children, adult
education and family literacy including GED preparation, career
development, A+ certification, small business start-up, and promotion of
home access to computer and technology.

# American Indian Resource Center

328 E. Downing St.

Tahlequah, OK 74464

Project Director: Fount Holland (918) 456-5581, founth@aol.com

Project Partners: AIRC (non-profit community based organization
providing educational services), Jay Public School District, Ryal Public
School District, Quality Data Products, and Bytes and Bits.

New Centers = 2

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$483,380 (Year One:
\$181,235)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$189,632 (Year One:
\$54,370)

The Tsa La Gi community technology centers will provide after school
activities, adult education, career development and job preparation,
small business and commerce support activities, and family activities.
Tsa La Gi centers, which is the Cherokee word for "The People," will
serve rural Native Americans who have no or very little technology
knowledge and skills and extremely limited opportunities to access
technology.

**PENNSYLVANIA**

# Campus Boulevard Corporation

One Penn Boulevard, Suite 2215

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19144

(Philadelphia Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: Barbara A. Coscarello, (215) 951-2150,
<camboulcorp@snip.net>

Project Partners: Widener Memorial School, Philadelphia Private Industry
Council, County Assistance Office.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$463,640 (Year 1 = \$188,718)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$307,090 (Year 1 =
\$80,879)

The expanded community technology center will increase computer-based
job training to community residents, particularly residents with
disabilities, through a new program for computer servicing and
troubleshooting. The overall goal is to train displaced residents and
residents with disabilities in math and English skills, GED preparation,
computer training (hardware and software applications), and life skills
training.

# TENNESSEE

# NashvilleREAD

1701 West End Avenue, Suite 100

Nashville, Tennessee 37203-2601

(Nashville Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Robbi Nash, 615-255-4982

Project Partners: Woodbine Community Organization, Bethlehem Centers of
Nashville, Nashville Urban League, Metropolitan Action Commission (who
oversees Head Start), Metropolitan Public School System and the Martha
O\'Bryan Center.

New Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$372,947 (Year 1 = \$202,870)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$253,874(Year 1 = \$95,522)

ANYTIME ANYPACE ANY-PACE Learning Center (AAALC) is a mobile \"one stop
shop\" with cyberlinks back to education and training classrooms and
onsite instruction offering an alternative way of learning for adults
and children who cannot attend traditional classes. With a focus on
adult, family and work literacy, AAALC will provide access to computers,
educational technology and the Internet for independent and group
instruction in adult education, job readiness, family literacy and
parenting education to the most needy residents of Nashville and
Davidson County.

**TEXAS**

# North Central Texas College

1525 W California

Gainesville, Texas 76240

Project Director: Dr. Lee Ann Nutt, (940) 668-4251

Project Partners: A collaborative network of support services includes
the Boy\'s and Girl\'s Club, Bowie Library, Gainesville Housing
Authority, Workforce Development Board, and Texas Workforce Centers.

Total projected federal funding: 3 years: \$532,477 (Year 1 = \$204,800)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 years: \$367,322 (Year 1 =
\$132,020)

New Centers: 4

Expanded Centers: 2

Community technology centers will offer after-school activities, adult
education, family literacy programs, IT workforce training, and small
business development activities. Distance learning labs will connect to
the Regional Education Service Centers linking North Central Texas
College with school districts and partnering organizations to bring
state of the art computing, information technology infrastructure, and
distance learning capabilities to community members.

# Alamo Community College District

201 W. Sheridan Street

San Antonio, Texas 78204

(San Antonio Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Robert W. Ramsay, (210) 208-8020, rramsay@accd.edu

Project Partners: Edgewood Independent School District, Harlandale
Independent School District, and St. Paul United Methodist Church.

New Centers: 3

Expanded Centers: 5

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$613,128 (Year 1 = \$200,519)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,752,098 (Year 1 =
\$425,897)

Colleges of the Community will offer computer technology access and
programs in the \"home communities\" of potential adult learners who are
underserved in educational and work related technology.

Residents will have the opportunity to receive diagnostic assessment,
counseling, basic skills, ABE, GED, referrals to supportive service
organizations. They will learn to use computer-based technology for
education enhancement and job skills improvement.

# American Institute for Learning

422 Congress Avenue

Austin, Texas 78701

Project Director: Denise Michael (512 472-3395)

Project Partners: Dell Computer Corporation, Austin Area Urban League,
Housing Authority of the City of Austin, and Austin Free-Net.

New Centers: 4

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$847,028 (Year 1 = \$300,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$587,474 (Year 1 =
\$132,991)

Four new technology centers will be created to provide disadvantaged
youth and adults the training, resources, and opportunities to become
computer proficient. CTC programs will include: after-school tutoring,
adult education and family literacy, and IT workforce development.
Through relationships with Motorola and Dell computers, residents
completing training programs will have an opportunity to graduate with
increased IT skills and a recycled computer for personal/business use.

# Odem-Edroy Independent School District

P. O. Box 727

Odem, Texas 78370

Project Director: Beatrice Lopez, (361), 368-2561

Project Partners: Del Mar College, Coastal Bend Region Texas Workforce
Center, Texas A&M University's Center for Distance Learning Research,
and others.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$359,389 (Year 1 = \$145,641)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$240,795 (Year 1 =
\$63,981)

The Odem-Edroy CTC will serve two rural communities and provide adult
and family literacy, general and continuing education programs, and IT
career development using distance learning and computer-based training.
Texas A & M's Center for Distance Learning Research will offer a PC
academy for parents and children as well assist the CTC in conducting
community mapping to better assess needs.

# Houston READ Commission

5330 Griggs Road, #75

Houston, Texas 77021-3715

(Houston Empowerment Zone)

Project Director: John Stevenson, (713) 845-2404

Project Partners: City of Houston, local churches and community-based
organizations, AmeriCorps , and a literacy consortium of over 100
provider members and partners.

New Centers: 8

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$893,160 (Year 1 = \$299,920)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$561,388 (Year 1 =
\$239,796)

The Houston Read Commission, one of the largest urban literacy
coalitions in the country, will establish eight community technology
centers. Each CTC will have a 10-workstation, networked computer lab.
Literacy\*AmeriCorps volunteers will serve as technical coaches and
provide ongoing support. The Commission was selected as a pilot site for
CAST, an innovative program designed to introduce elementary school
children and their parents to technology, and will implement this
program in the 8 centers.

**VIRGINIA**

# Arlington Community Foundation

2250 Clarendon Blvd.

Suite \# J

Arlington, VA 22201

(Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Todd Endo

Project Partners: Arlington Mill High School, Kenmore Middle School, The
Urban Alternative, The Grenbriar Learning Center.

Expanded Centers: 3

Total projected federal funding: Year One \$258,650

Total projected non-federal match for Year One: 186,540

This project will expand technology access throughout economically
disadvantaged areas of Arlington County, Virginia. Services will include
after school activities, GED preparation, ESL tutorials, and basic
computer literacy. The centers will operate in poor neighborhoods and
involve broad based community sponsors.

# Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Affiliate of Old Dominion University Research Foundation

2713-D Magruder Blvd.

Hampton, Virginia 23666

Project Director: Mary L. Sandy; <msandy@odu.edu>

Project Partners:

New Centers: 2

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$488,328 (Year One:
\$230,119)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$245,161 (Year One:
\$70,084)

This project will establish a new center to serve an economically
distressed population of over 27,000 people with support from multiple
partnerships. The project will serve senior citizens, K-5 elementary
students , and provide computer based children\'s programming for grades
K - 12. The centers will provide curriculum designed for teaching adult
students who have marginal academic backgrounds, unemployed residents,
welfare recipients, and high school drop outs.

# Newport News Public Schools

12465 Warwick Blvd.

Newport News, Virginia 23606

Project Director: Dena Boyd, (727) 928-6838,
<dboyd@magruder.nn.k12.va.us>

Project Partners: Newport News Redevelopment & Housing Authority, COX
Fibernet, Christopher Newport University, Boys and Girls Club, Newport
News Alliance for Youth, MRI, Inc., and Virginia Air and Space Museum.

New Centers: 1

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$785,132 (Year 1 = \$257,056)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$1,559,485 (Year 1 =
\$657,784)

The community technology centers will link homes with classroom to
create a seamless community of learners. Technology education for
parents and teacher professional development will be provided. Many
students served by the project do not have home environments that
reinforce classroom learning. The project's home access component will
be linked with classrooms to support instruction.

**WASHINGTON**

# Seattle Public Schools

815 Fourth Avenue North

Seattle, Washington 98109

(High Point Enterprise Community)

Project Director: Mike Donlin, (206) 298-7100

Project Partners: High Point Head Start, High Point Elementary School,
YWCA, Girls Inc. and Southwest Interagency (Detention) School.

Expanded Centers: 1

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$531,796 (Year 1 = \$180,000)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years, \$491,500 (Year 1 =
\$177,464)

The community technology center, established in 1998, will increase both
hours and services to area residents, providing expanded job readiness
training and courses in English as a Second Language (ESL). The
additional funds will support residents in their efforts to retain and
advance careers. The center will strengthen its role as a resource for
parent involvement by using technology to assist parents in creating
learning pathways that result in learning gains for young children, as
well as building career paths for youth and adults in technology related
careers.

# U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

**Virgin Islands Resource Center for the Disabled, Inc**.

P. O. Box 308427

74B & 75 Kronprindsens Gade

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

United States Virgin Islands

Project Director: Carolyn Smith, (340) 777-2253, vircd@islands.vi

Project Partners: Office of the Lieutenant Governor, New Image
Foundation, Chase Manhattan Bank, Council on the Arts, Family
Information Network on Disabilities, Virgin Islands Housing Authority,
the University\'s Small Business Development Center, and local public
schools.

New Centers: 3

Expanded Centers: 3

Total projected federal funding: 3 Years, \$312,897 (Year 1 = \$123,050)

Total projected non-federal match: 3 Years \$611,099 (Year 1 =
\$268,263)

The Virgin Islands Resource Center for the Disabled will upgrade
existing and create new centers on St. Thomas and St. Croix in
partnership with the Virgin Islands Housing Authority. The project will
incorporate assistive technology into existing and new community
technology centers. Specific benefits to community members including
those with physical and cognitive impairments, will be improved
educational opportunities and vocational training to increase job
placement and gainful employment options and opportunities for
developing independent daily living skills.