CHN Launches its Bringing IT Home program

The "Digital Divide" is an increasingly prevalent problem in the United States. The racial and socio-economic characteristics of this divide are particularly acute in Cleveland, Ohio where African-American and low-income Clevelanders lag well behind the national and Midwest average in access to computer training, Internet connectivity and home computer ownership.

The Cleveland Housing Network offers a solution…

                                   The Bringing IT Home Program

To address the need to build capacity for successful homeownership and financial strength among low-income families, CHN has strategically forged alliances with a diverse group of partners to create the carefully designed Bringing Information Technology (IT) Home initiative. This capacity building toolbox of hardware, software, training, data access and interactive web-based applications will foster financial literacy for (initially 150) low-income families working toward eventual homeownership. Participants will receive hands-on, individualized computer and Internet training purposefully designed in a manner and format that is both useful and appropriate to their skill level. After training, Bringing It Home (BIH) provides an in-home desktop PC (the project pays half the cost of the computer and the families pay the other half through the Digital Access Revolving Loan Fund), free access and unique supportive services from Digital Connectors. Once trained and equipped, BIH provides Cleveland residents with an opportunity to actively control their own economic destiny utilizing a comprehensive set of interactive tools, in both English and Spanish.

The "Bringing IT Home" Program starts by participating in our Level One Computer Class.

Register Now For The "Bringing IT Home" Program!