Tag: Digital Divide

  • City Heights nonprofit gives laptops to foster youth

    City Heights nonprofit gives laptops to foster youth

    In December 2019, San Diego Futures Foundation hosted their annual computer giveaway for foster families to help provide access to technology to all members of the community.

  • Tweet City Heights: Study Calls for End to Food Stamps Fingerprinting

    By Megan Burks Study Supports Ending Fingerprinting of Food Stamps Applicants A study by the Public Policy Institute of California gives ammunition to a bill that would end the state’s policy of fingerprinting food stamps applicants. The study confirms what lawmakers and advocates of the bill have been saying—the practice keeps people in need from…

  • Low-Income Homes Get Free Internet

    By Chris Milholland Low-income housing residents in San Diego and across the state are joining the digital age with help from a new program aimed at bridging the digital divide. The “We Are Now Connected” initiative provides free Internet access and computer training to residents of affordable-housing projects throughout the state for the next 24…

  • San Diego Students Get Wired With Broadband Grant

    By Kyla Calvert Published April 13, 2011 on Students at 10 schools across San Diego will get netbooks with 3G wireless internet access for use at home and school. San Diego Unified was one of 20 school districts across the country to win one of the pilot Learning-On-The-Go grants from the Federal Communication Commission. Students at…