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Creating a Community Technology Learning Center
The Need:
An economically distressed small city with a large percentage of the population historically unemployed required funding for implementing a community technology learning center for training youth and adults on 21st century workforce skills. Partnering with a non-profit statewide education agency, the City sought funding for the facility, technology, and training resources.
The Solution:
From 1999-2000, the staff of Writing Grants secured funds totaling $621,000 to establish the Community Learning Center from the City's Redevelopment Foundation and from a regional Enterprise Community foundation provided by both a State economic development foundation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development.
The grant funds were used to establish a 7,000-plus sq. ft. state-of-the-art technology training facility, which included the following resources:
Three training labs of computer workstations networked to a secure server, consisting of firewall, network software, servers, routers, racks, and monitors, housed in a fire protected and secure server room. Computer wiring drops. High-speed, broadband Internet service (equivalent of 3 megabytes). Peripherals, including color and black and white laser printers, duplication equipment, fax equipment, CD recorders, and projection technology. Furniture, telephones, office renovations, and security equipment. Electrical wiring with state-of-the-art power back-up. Software, including applications software, tool software, and career assessment software. Staff and consultant trainers. Technical Service and Maintenance, including Help-Desk Support.
The Center established a comprehensive training program for hundreds of youth and adults, including the following training programs:
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Keyboard Program
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Literacy Skills
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IT Certification Programs
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Web Design Certification Program
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Career Assessment and Job Employment Counseling
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Academic Programs: Mathematics, Science, English Language Arts,
The Arts, Robotics, and Social Studies.
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Multimedia Design Program
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Professional Development Programs for Educators, Community Professionals,
and Government Employees
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