Department of Education Announces Community Technology Center Grants

On June 30, 2004, the Department of Education awarded Community Technology

Center grants totaling over $9 million to create or expand Community Technology
Centers (CTCs). These centers will provide disadvantaged residents of economically
distressed urban and rural communities with access to information technology and related
training. This year’s competition specifically focused on the use of technology centers in
improving the academic performance of low-achieving high school students, particularly
in the areas of reading/language arts and math. A total of 25 awards have been made,
including 6 awards to community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and
other entities that have not received Federal funds during the past five years.

Improving the academic achievement of our nation’s secondary school students

has become an urgent need. Current National Assessment of Educational Progress data
indicate that, despite some slow and steady progress in secondary student achievement
over the past few decades, many of our secondary school students are still not achieving
the academic skills and knowledge required for graduation, postsecondary education, and
careers. This is particularly true among students who are entering secondary school, with
two in ten scoring below basic proficiency levels in reading, and over three in ten scoring
below basic levels in math.

In keeping with the tenets of the No Child Left Behind Act, that all students attain
proficiency in challenging State academic achievement standards, the CTC program will
focus program resources on providing effective supplemental instruction to low-
achieving students who are entering or enrolled in grades 9 through 12 at high-poverty,
low-performing secondary schools. The centers will serve as a valuable resource to
struggling students as well as community members.

The program is authorized under Title V, Part D, Subpart 11, Section 5511-13 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001.

The following is a list of grantees, the size of the awards, and local contact information.

Community Technology Centers Competition

ARIZONA

Miami Miami Unified School District $358,420

Contact: Sherry Dorathy, (928) 425-2501

CALIFORNIA

Anderson Anderson Union High School District $445,309

Contact: Patricia Allison, (530) 365-2957
Berkeley The Regents of the University of California $350,808
- Berkeley
Contact: Glynda Hull, (510) 301-3600

Los Angeles City of Los Angeles Community Dev. Dept. $500,000

Contact: Cord Bailey, (323) 266-7591

Modesto Cambridge Academies $496,800

Contact: Geni Boyer, (209) 545-2660

FLORIDA

Miami Miami Dade College (North Campus) $252,949

Contact: Harry Hoffman, (305) 237-1130

HAWAII

Honolulu University of Hawaii $322,868

Contact: JoAnn Yuen, (808) 956-5462

ILLINOIS

Chicago Erie Neighborhood House $195,239*

Contact: Ricardo Estrada, (312) 563-5800

KANSAS

Mayetta Royal Valley Unified School District #337 $492,989

Contact: John Rundle, (785) 966-2246

MARYLAND

Capitol Heights U.S. Basic Skills $498,196

Contact: Dennis Clune, (800) 486-0087

MISSISSIPPI

Corinth Northeast Mississippi Business Incubation $358,320

System, Inc.
Contact: Ray McClellan, (662) 287-4369

NEBRASKA

Omaha Applied Information Management Institute $500,000

Contact: Kandace Miller, (402) 345-5025

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NEW YORK

Brooklyn Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation $272,081

Christine Randall, (718) 636-6937

Buffalo Buffalo City School District $495,000

Contact: June Simmons Barrow, (716) 851-3966

New York The National Urban Technology Centers $280,504

Contact: Patricia Bransford, (212) 528-7350

OHIO

Columbus Columbus Public Schools $312,082

Contact: William Waldron, (614) 365-5248

OKLAHOMA

Eufaula Eufaula Public Schools $295,696

Contact: Bea Baker, (918) 689-2152

OREGON

Woodburn Chemeketa Community College $410,318

Harvey Franklin, (503) 399-5024

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia People for People, Inc. $310,842

Contact: Cornelia Lavong, (215) 235-2340

Philadelphia Housing Authority $500,000

Contact: Charles Carr, (215) 684-1024

Pittsburgh Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation $250,000

Contact: Stephen MacIsaac, (412) 471-1914

SOUTH CAROLINA

Orangeburg Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College $357,931

Contact: Donna Elmore, (803) 535-1374

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TEXAS

Brownsville Brownsville Independent School District $499,963

Contact: Roger Arredondo, (956) 982-7487

Dallas Alternative Community Development Svcs. Inc. $499,387

Contact: Shari Carroll, (972) 672-9200

San Antonio Intercultural Development Research Association $295,816

Contact: Maria Robledo Montecel, (210) 444-1710

*The applicant had requested funding within the range required by the Department
within the April 16, 2004 Federal Register grant announcement for the Community
Technology Centers program. This award reflects the remaining funds from the
25% set aside for novices.