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2000 Best Practice Symposium

Workshop Session Summary:
Public Housing/Client Services Track

Utilizing Computer Labs in Public Housing

Facilitator:

Beverly Hardy, Housing Program Specialist, HUD
Pamela Taylor, Marketing and Public Relations Director Education Training and Enterprise Center
Al Coley, Housing Management Specialist, Housing Authority of Prince George’s County, MD

Room: Hamilton

Presenters:

Beverly Hardy, Housing Program Specialist, HUD
Pamela Taylor, Marketing and Public Relations Director, Education Training and Enterprise Center
Al Coley, Housing Management Specialist, Housing Authority of Prince George’s County, MD

 

This session provided the necessary tools for organizations to set up computer learning centers in public housing facilities. Joseph Garcia, Secretary’s Representative, said of the computer centers, "It has to be about providing opportunities for the community. Residents have to seize the opportunities but without the proper training they cannot seize these opportunities."

Participants learned of the various methods in which centers offered computer training to their community. The Twenty/20 Education Communities Program is a consortium of 25 housing developments. Each center also has developed creative ways in which to offer additional services to their residents. One center offers 20 hours of computer time for 1 hour of volunteer time—increasing their volunteer database as well as providing a need within the community. Another center offers educational "tracks" that include office, cashier and entrepreneurial training as well as computer training. This session shows that the computer centers can be the starting points for offering a necessary services to the community.



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