Computers for Youth purges all files and software from computers before they are delivered to the school to ensure that schools are not in violation of software licenses and that students are not exposed to inappropriate content. Our Project Enhance partners are members of the New York City Technology Resources Consortium that are committed to providing free technical help to New York City public schools. The typical size of a Project Enhance donation is 20 computers per school. These computers are often 486 Mhz or first generation Pentium machines. They come with no software.
Shipping is provided free of cost in most instances.
Instead, we encourage DITs and our partners to submit requests for computer equipment in conjunction with the schools with which they work. Computers for Youth then fills these requests on a first come first served basis while also balancing the need for equity among boroughs and districts. Once Computers for Youth has filled a request, we contact the partner who submitted it who, in turn, contacts the school to arrange for shipping dates.