2017 Technology Matching Fund Projects
Coalition for Refugees from Burma
Nexus DigiLab for Parent-School Engagement
Provide computer literacy classes at Bailey Gatzert Elementary and Seattle World School and offer parent technology mentoring classes to support skill building for parents, students, and community members.
Award $49,845
Education for All
Digital Citizenship and Communication Project
Establish a computer lab for East Africans offering workshops in computer usage, productivity software, internet citizenship, digital self-sufficiency and youth engagement.
Award: $15,000
Ethiopian Community in Seattle
ECS Digital Equity Project
Upgrade the computer lab to provide the Ethiopian community with basic computer literacy classes for seniors and after-school computer science classes for youth. Share information on accessing free or low-cost Internet services.
Award: $9,000
Full Life Care
Technology Access Enhancement Project
Expand the mobile lab to teach technology classes at nine more Seattle Housing Authority buildings. Update vital assistive technologies at the STAR Center and Full Life Care Art Studio. Provide accessibility training and best practices to 6 low-income communities.
Award: $48,561
Horn Of Africa Services
Enhancing East Africans' Access to Technology
Upgrade a computer lab serving over 200 East African community members. Train home childcare providers to use computers to improve their business and financial operations. Equip high school students with computer programming skills and laptops.
Award: $49,945
Kin On Community Health Care
Expanding the Senior-Friendly Kin On SmartLab
Expand the Kin On SmartLab, a senior-friendly technology lab designed to enable Asian seniors aged 60+ to increase technology and health literacy, prevent social isolation and increase access to healthcare and digital resources. Offer mobile technology classes and increase one-on-tutoring and drop-in lab hours.
Award: $18,225
LaunchCode
LC101 Seattle: Training for Technology Jobs
Provide a free 20-week computer programming class that enables people with barriers to employment in technology to gain highly marketable tech skills and transition to a good paying career in the industry.
Award: $7,000
North Seattle Boys & Girls Club branch of Boys & Girls Clubs of King County
Wallingford Boys & Girls Club Technology Update
Install a new 14 desktop computer lab for 250 low-income youth to use for homework help, hands-on learning activities, coding, robotics, teen employment workshops and photo editing/graphic design/filmmaking.
Award: $16,034
OneAmerica
English and Digital Skills for Citizenship
Engage limited English-proficient adult immigrants in the Chinatown-International District in increasing digital literacy skills alongside English language acquisition in a community-based setting.
Award: $25,000
Senior Center of West Seattle
2017 Technology Matching Fund
Upgrade an outdated 10-station computer lab with new equipment to provide seniors and community members with current technology training and Wi-Fi access.
Award: $13,391
Somali Family Safety Task Force
East African Women Basic Computer Literacy Project
Create a mobile lab to teach East African women basic computer literacy in partnership with Seattle Public Library in New Holly. Give these women tools to earn a living wage, become more engaged in their children's education and lessen isolation and stress by digitally connecting to friends and family overseas.
Award: $27,120
South Park Information and Resource Center
Aula Digital en Accion - ADA
Empower South Park residents to gain and teach basic technology skills to 75 non-English speakers. Help immigrant Latino community members use technology to access jobs and make their small businesses more competitive.
Award: $49,949
STEMPaths Innovation Network
Project SMARTi in the Dunlap Elementary Community
Expand a program that provides math and reading interventions infused with Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) to students at Dunlap Elementary. Pilot a brick and mortar community-focused makerspace.
Award: $33,500
The West African Community Council
Empowering West Africans with Technology
Develop a mobile lab to increase digital literacy and access to technology in the West African community. Conduct a broad outreach campaign to increase access to free or low cost broadband through a partnership with 16 West African community associations.
Award: $49,998
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Mobile Digital Media Lab for Low-Income Youth
Establish a mobile lab to provide Asian Pacific American youth with digital illustration and graphic design training. Students will work with professional teaching artists to publish their own artwork, while exploring their identity and place in the community.
Award: $17,432