(Dear ISF Colleagues: This should be of special interest to members
of the group whose nonprofit organizations run community technology
centers. Or perhaps your agency doesn't think of itself as running a
community technology center, but you just happen to have a computer
lab that you make available to your community for classes or public
internet access...? Best regards from Deborah)
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From: Stephen Quinn < squinn%40ctcnet.org">squinn
ctcnet.org>
Date: Nov 10, 2006 2:30 PM
Subject: [DDN] Announcing the Connections for All program from CTCNet!
To: digitaldivide%40digitaldivide.net">digitaldividedigitaldivide.net
CTCNet's new Connections for All (C4All) program offers a variety of
opportunities for community technology centers (CTCs) to enhance your
capacity to serve people with a broad range of abilities.
The centerpiece of the C4All program is the Accessibility Grant.
Following a competitive grant application process in early spring
2007, CTCNet will award 14 organizations with $20,000 Accessibility
Grants. Funding can be used to address issues in the areas of
assistive technology, staff training and development, community
outreach, program enhancement, and facilities improvements. Also
included is 30 hours of technical assistance from the Alliance for
Technology Access (ATA).
The AccessNow Award is another way that C4All can help your CTC expand
access. These $1000 awards allow CTCs to quickly implement simple and
cost-effective measures to make programs more inviting and accessible
to people with a broad range of abilities.
To be eligible for these funding opportunities, you must attend a
C4All Accessibility Institute. These trainings are a valuable way to
learn how to assess, plan for, and implement strategies to make your
CTC more accessible, and they are an important step in preparing for
the grant application process. Institutes are scheduled for the
following cities and dates:
. Minneapolis, MN - November 16, 2006
. Springfield, IL - November 28, 2006
. Chicago, IL - November 30, 2006
. Houston, TX - December 7, 2006
. Dallas, TX - December 12, 2006
. New York, NY - December 14, 2006
. Los Angeles, CA - January 9-10, 2007
. Baltimore, MD - January 11, 2007
. Oakland, CA - January 18-19, 2007
. Nashville, TN - January 23, 2007
Visit www.ctcnet.org for more information about the C4All program,
including funding eligibility and Institute registration.
Stay connected,
The CTCNet Team
.