CTOP Grantees
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Organization Name |
Project Title, Description and Award |
YouthCare |
YouthTech Computer Training Program for Homeless Youth The purpose of this project is to help homeless and disconnected youth develop the skills required to utilize technology effectively for education and employment. The project has two main goals: to 1) enhance education, and 2) increase living-wage employment skills among homeless youth in Seattle/King County. Awarded amount: $46,616 |
Yakima Interfaith Coalition |
Empowering Hispanic Women through Education & Digital Inclusion in Yakima The purpose of this project is to empower low income Hispanic women through educational services to attain their personal and professional goals thereby maximizing their opportunities to escape poverty and improve their families’ quality of life. This project will: 1) provide participants access to effective and efficient use of distant learning options, various internet applications and other current technology tools through current up to date hardware, software and network security; 2) enhance educational opportunities for participants with staff and participants trained in current best practices, digital technology learning methods, and culturally appropriate curriculums; and 3) develop a social network among participants utilizing digital technologies to enable participants to express themselves with others at LCH and in preparation for participation in the broader community context. Awarded amount: $30,031 |
Street Youth Ministries |
Provide-Teach-Practice-Reflect: Facilitating information system design within a drop-in center for homeless youth The purpose of this project is to address scarcity of IT in the lives of homeless youth; and to induce a “culture of design” which, in turn, equips youth to envision future possibilities, apply effort towards a goal, and be self-reflective through the creation of information systems for themselves and others. “Culture of design” means, in part, that young people learn by finding their own problems, by developing and evaluating their own solutions, and by knowing when to reach out for help. When youth are enabled and supported in creating information systems for themselves, their peers, and other stakeholders in the community they are, in turn, positioned to develop their own capacity for self-reflection and change. Awarded amount: $35,106 |
Tincan |
eMerge Neighborhood News: Supporting Educational Enhancement and Civic Engagement for At-Risk Teens in Spokane The purpose of this project is to teach at-risk teens video production skills, enhancing their capabilities to use information and media technology while at the same time developing the soft skills such as collaboration and problem-solving, that they will need in the workplace. It will also create a context for youth involvement in their local community, and an online voice for their community. Through this project, teens will: 1) produce high-quality video newscasts reflecting neighborhood issues that will become an online voice for their neighborhood; 2) develop 21st century skills needed in the workplace, such as problem-solving, collaboration, and written and oral communication; and 3) understand the role of individuals and groups in community vitality and quality of life (civic engagement). Awarded amount: $18,938 |
Save Our County’s Kids |
Shelton Community Technology Project The purpose of this project is to promote economic viability and access to services through education, skill-building and community collaboration for low-income, underserved youth and adults in a rural community. This project will: 1) upgrade SOCK’s existing computer lab into a functional, up-to-date technology learning center for Mason County; 2) enhance self-sufficiency, including employability, for underserved, low-income youth and their families, thereby reducing generational poverty; and strengthen technology collaborations among educational organizations. Awarded amount: $36,555 |
Tacoma Goodwill Industries |
Employment skills for Central and South Puget Sound job seekers with disabilities or disadvantages through access to Community Technology Services The purpose of this project is to provide Central and South Puget Sound job seekers with disabilities or disadvantages the computer and technology tools necessary to strengthen their ability to search for and secure employment. This project will 1) provide information on and access to Tacoma Goodwill Industries’ Community Technology Center Services for underserved job seekers throughout the Central and South Puget Sound region; and 2) bridge the digital divide to increase employability outcomes for disadvantaged, vulnerable job seekers through hands-on skills instruction and confidence development through our Community Technology Center (CTC) service delivery. Awarded amount: $31,706 |
New Futures |
New Futures Community Technology Center Initiative The purpose of this project is to provide the children, youth, and families in New Futures’ programs, who are very low-income, and primarily immigrants and refugees, with much-needed access to well-functioning computers and the internet, as well as provide them with culturally relevant training in basic computer skills in order to build skills, enhance educational success, access information, and connect to community resources. As a result of this project: 1) all children and youth in New Futures’ After School and Youth Programs, who are very low-income and at high risk for school failure, will have access to well-functioning computers to successfully complete school work, and to acquire and practice skills necessary for academic success; 2) all residents of the apartment complexes where New Futures works will have easy access to well-functioning computers and the internet, and will learn the skills needed to use them to access needed information and connect to community resources; and 3) New Futures program staff (family advocates, academic coordinators, youth program coordinators, and community developers) will receive further training and access to software to maximize the benefit of available technology for community programs. Awarded amount: $50,288 |
Literacy Source, A Community Learning Center |
Literacy Online The purpose of Literacy Online is to provide the computer hardware and software, instructional resources, curricula, and professionally-led instruction so that high needs adult learners can obtain better jobs and better access essential resources in their community. With Literacy Online, Literacy Source will build on its computer program to improve the quality of instruction and increase technology access for high needs adult learners. A paid Technology Instructor will support staff members in achieving the project's principal goals: 1) develop a standardized Computer Tutor training program for volunteer computer tutors; 2) design curriculum for two modular, multi-track computer courses; and 3) extend small-group technology instruction to offsite locations where needs are highest. Awarded amount: $29,346 |
Neighborhood House |
Youth Technology Program The purpose of this project is to immerse low-income youth (ages 12-19 in technology training and resources to increase their academic success, enhance their employment skills and empower them to be community leaders. Project goals are to use technology to help low-income youth: 1) increase academic success; 2) develop employment skills; 3) develop leadership skills to train fellow community members in computer use, helping youth to connect and create meaningful change in their communities through technology; and 4) express their creative voice. Awarded amount: $45,045 |
Northwest Learning and Achievement Group |
CAD*LAC Yakima Valley Community Empowerment Project The purpose of this project is to equip the CAD*LAC (Centro de Aprendizaje y Desarrollo*Learning and Achievement Center) in Wapato, Washington to meet the urgent needs of the community that can be addressed with excellent computer technology. This project will: 1) serve local residents needs’ for employment training and jobs skills, including local DSHS clients, Noah’s Ark homeless resident, others; 2) implement CONEVyT: Spanish-speaking adults to complete a GED in Spanish; students can learn K-12 math, science, etc. also in Spanish, tutored by CAD*LAC staff; 3) teach residents to use Internet resources, to find information on needed government services, communicate with family in Mexico and elsewhere, and locate jobs and needed resources (Craigslist, etc); 4) be a resource for high quality internet access and software for students who have no computers in the home; and 5) serve local residents needs’ for employment training and jobs skills. Awarded amount: $26,370 |