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- Title:
- News from DHR: Governor's discretionary fund provides computer training to Atlanta foster children [Mar. 2, 2001]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Human Resources. Office of Communications
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- Georgia. Department of Human Resources. Office of Communications
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- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Human Resources. Office of Communications
- Date of Original:
- 2001-03-02
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- Georgia
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- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
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- Call Number GA H800.C6 P1 N4 2001/3-2
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March 2, 2001
Contact: Lola Wilkinson at 404/657-1390 lswilkin@dhr.state.us
DHR Office of Communications
Governor's discretionary fund provides computer training to Atlanta foster children
On Wednesday, March 7, 2001 at 10 a.m. the Georgia Coalition of Black Women will announce the progress of its joint venture with the Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Family and Children Services. This pilot program was designed to provide older foster children with computer skills training through an extracurricular opportunity that otherwise might not be available to them. The report will be made at the coalition's first quarter board meeting in the Logan Room of the United Way Building, 100 Edgewood Avenue.
The computer skills training program for foster children was funded through a 2001 Governor's Discretionary grant. Currently, 39 foster children from 14 to 19 years old, are being trained every Saturday for a period of 18 weeks. Instructors for the course are Georgia State University faculty. Students will receive a certificate indicating that they have completed high-tech computer skills training.
Juanita Blount-Clark, state DFCS director, said she's very proud of this initiative, "This program is an excellent example of community and state partnership. We must continue to engage our children in meaningful training interaction that prepares them for living independently."
Other partners in the training program are Dell Computers, United Way, American Computer Technology, and the Northwest Georgia Girl Scout Council, according to Rita Samuels, executive director for GCBW.
"This program is about service and involvement," she said. "The coalition realized that every child in this state does not have access to a computer at home and may have to share a computer with other students at school. We wanted to bridge that gap and we're pleased that the governor and DHR are supportive of this initiative."
March 2, 2001
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