About Our Project:

New York City’s transfer school students—students between the ages of 16-21 who have disengaged from high school and are not on track to graduate—face a significantly greater risk of poverty, crime, unemployment, and other challenges in life.  As part of an effort to help these students develop skills necessary for graduation and a successful transition to college or a career, the City of New York’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) proposes an aggressive outreach program to serve students and their families at 43 transfer high schools through computer training, refurbished computer equipment, and Internet access subsidies.  Students would receive computers and broadband access in the home after completing a 57-hour broadband training course, along with a 3-hour program for family members.   

This project is funded through a two-year grant of$5,962,124 from the U.S Department of Commerce’s Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.

Our Mission:

NYC Connected Foundations also proposes to:

• Provide computer skills and broadband awareness training to as many as 6,100 residents over the life of the project, offering approximately 160,000 training hours focusing on online connectivity, career building, community resources, and education.
• Leverage a BTOP Round One Sustainable Broadband Adoption BTOP grant to DoITT, along with several  other awards to other New York City agencies and organizations, to expand and enhance connectivity, access, and the value of broadband to city residents.

 Project Partners:

• Diploma Plus
• New Visions
• Good Shepherd Services
• Computers for Youth Foundation, Inc.
• Alliance for the Arts
• Common Sense Media
• New York State Department of Labor
• Association for High School Innovation
• Capital One Financial Corporation
• Junction International, LLC
• Second Nature
• Jobs for the Future
• NYC Department of Education
• NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• University of Chicago Urban Education Institute

Contact: 

Anne Kathryn Hohman

City of NEW YORK

75 PARK PL

NEW YORK, NY 10007 

212-513-648

ahohman@doitt.nyc.gov