CAPE offers a computer class for Senior Aide participants, a group particularly effected by the digital divide. The four-hour class meets once a week for six weeks, and covers word processing, Windows, the Internet, and other computer basics.
Participants learn how to set up templates to create memos, professional letters, and resumes.
They are also taught how to make banners and business cards. After receiving computer training, the students are ready for new jobs, said CAPE Executive Director, Alice Weathers. Local companies benefit as well because we provide them with skilled, experienced workers. In addition to featuring the CAA information technology programs, Information Technology for Community Action Agencies and Their Low-Income Clients includes results from a CAA technology survey. It also highlights governmental and private sector efforts to close the digital divide.