A multi-agency initiative designed to enhance computer literacy is under way in Carbondale: Writes Tom Woolf: "The Carbondale Computer Rehabilitation Program will provide families enrolled in the free or reduced lunch program in the Carbondale Elementary School District with the opportunity to buy a refurbished computer system for $60. The systems will include a monitor, keyboard, printer and software. Senior citizens residing in north Carbondale also are eligible for the program.
Sponsors are the Community Outreach Partnership Center program, part of Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development; Attucks Community Services, Inc.; the Carbondale Elementary School District; Jackson County Health Department; and Web Innovations Technologies of St. Louis. Attucks Community Services is administering the program.
Eligible families may register for the computer program during school registration, Aug. 9-10, noon to 6 p.m. at the Carbondale Middle School, 1150 E. Grand Ave. By signing up for the program, parents and seniors also then will participate in two one-hour sessions to introduce them to basic computer and Internet skills. Recipients also can sign up for free eight-week computer classes offered at Attucks Community Service's Computer Technology Center, located in the Eurma C. Hayes Center."
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