2002 Technology Matching Fund Projects

Computer Camps
RecTech Coalition

Grant Award: $25,000

A partnership between seven Seattle Parks and Recreation computer labs to provide a series of computer camps for youth including instruction in Visual Basic, web design, and digital arts. Centers participating in this coalition include South Park, Delridge, Garfield, Miller, Rainier, Rainier Beach, and Yesler.

RecTech Progress Report

RecTech Invoice

RecTech Progress Report

RecTech Five-Year Projection

Business Technology Training Program
Washington CASH

Grant Award: $5000

Increase computer literacy and technical business skills among low-income business owners through free business technology classes to help low-income people become more productive and effective in starting their own businesses.

Washington CASH Progress Report

Computer Network Project
Helping Link

Grant Award: $24,000

Establish an educational computer program for the Vietnamese community consisting of basic and advanced computer courses as well as interactive academic courses for youth such as math, physics, chemistry, and English.

Helping Link Progress Report 2

Helping Link Progress Report

Computer Technology Training and Trainers Project
Ethiopian Community Mutual Association

Grant Award: $17,400

Train 12 individuals to become computer skill trainers to accommodate for continuous computer skill training needs for the Ethiopian community in Seattle.

Elderhealth Northwest and Jefferson Terrace Project
Elderhealth Northwest

Grant Award: $7,000

Provide caregivers of the elderly and disabled access to the Internet to locate resources and to use computer technology for cognitive retraining and personal development.

Elderhealth Northwest Progress Report

Enhancing Services
Wallingford Community Senior Center

Grant Award: $12,626

Improve the capacity of the current computer lab by upgrading seven computers, creating a sound barrier to minimize noise, extending the network to include a volunteer computer, and target program development and outreach efforts.

Family Literacy Program
Community Day School Association

Grant Award: $5,000

Create a family literacy program at Leschi Elementary School that offers computer skills and software training for children and adults, literacy programs, homework assistance programs, and parenting programs.

Community Day School Progress Report

Making Connections Technology Initiative
University of Washington Women's Center

Grant Award: $5,304

Ensure that technology becomes an integral part of the Making Connections program by working with high school students to increase participants' literacy, confidence and frequency in using technology.

Making Connections Progress Report

Family Center Computer Lab Project
North Seattle Family Center

Grant Award: $15,000

Establish a computer lab to develop computer literacy, provide Internet access and multi-lingual computer classes to limited English speakers, seniors, and low-income populations.

North Seattle Family Center Progress Report

Summit CTC Project
Summit K-12 School

Grant Award: $25,000

Turn a K-12 information resource center into a community technology center by increasing hours three days per week, teaching community classes and offering open lab time.

Summit K-12 Progress Report

Development Tooklit for Computer Learning Centers
Digital Promise

Grant Award: $10,000

Enhance the scope and value of consulting services provided to existing community technology learning centers by developing an easy-to-implement "toolkit" of effective programming tools for all CTCs.