| About Us |
We are attempting to bridge the gaps that low income single parents have when trying to better, or at least attempt to improve their quality of life. Our goal is to bring greater opportunities, better occupational options, computer literacy, Internet accessibility, interactive supportive networking and new educational resources for the single parent and their children with the motivation to work towards self-empowerment. As a new organization, we wish to provide services on a National level.
Recent statistics indicate that the United States workforce is moving towards technology. Over 40% of the National workforce is technology based. Only 1 out of 10 low-income single parents own a home computer. These people have limited opportunities and access to a computer. We believe that these people and their children deserve equal opportunity to advance and succeed in today's technologically competitive world.
This year we have successfully completed our research and development strategies. We have opened our office headquarters in Bloomington, Indiana, which will facilitate our staff and volunteers. We have aligned ourselves with partnership agreements, which will enable us to begin our computer recycling, to generate monies towards our cause.
PURPOSE
To provide computers for low income single parents to create better opportunities for both the parent and their children. This will allow the single parent to set an inspirational example for their children and help to break the vicious cycle of inexperience and poverty, due to lack of accessible educational tools.
MISSION
To create a web-based networking support group. To build and make accessible a reference center and referral agency, and to build public awareness to it's accessibility. To make available a computer to every interested and deserving low-income single parent in our great country.
GOALS
APPLICANT PROFILE
Multicultural, low-income single parents with limited resources.
IMMEDIATE PLAN
ORGANIZATIONAL STEPS COMPLETED
Pivotal steps have been completed to form a fiscally and administratively sound organization to fill in and bridge the gaps for single parent families in our communities. These steps include:
STATISTICS
There is a growing impoverished amount of single parent families in America. Single parents have limited resources during the most critical child rearing times of their lives. These families deserve to live with dignity, compassion, comfort, love and support for themselves and their loved ones. Technology is an area that has not been addressed for these single parent families, the opportunity to feel connected with ones culture is necessary for this to compete in today's job market. With the same competitive edge and technological advantages that the more affluent parents have at their ready.
Statistics indicate that the United States job market is over 40% in the technological fields. (Cite low-income parents have no computers.)
COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Earth for Humanities has begun collaborative working relationships with some of the most prominent organizations in the United States to understand the "gaps" in low income parents' programs and services. Along with development and complete adjacent approaches for the country's communities. These include:
Name Name of Foundation
Organization, President Name, Executive Director
SERVICE GAPS
Several "gaps" have been identified in the single parents' availability to technology.
These include:
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
TIMELINE
October 2000 (open)
| Develop Board of Directors | October 2000 |
| Obtain headquarters site | January 2001 |
| Develop Honorary Board | October 2000 |
| Establish Administrative staff | Pending Approval |
| Complete conversions and renovations | April 2001 |
| Establish a network reference and referral center | June 2001 |
| Establish a phone and email marketing center for donations | Pending Approval |
| Affiliate relationships with electronic recyclers and marketing experts in the technology re-use sector | January 2001 |
| Obtain working computers to be used for donations in our program | Pending Approval |
PROGRAM EVALUATION
Our broad goals are to fill in service gaps and connect low-income single parent families with technology, by providing computer accessibility in their homes.
The measurable objectives and outcomes will be evaluated by national organizations that share similar goals, the recipients, their children and their communities. This target group will be contacted on a regular basis through a committed website. This will develop meaningful statistics, program evaluations and a constant update in the development of the families' new found successes.
The program will provide much needed advantages, support groups, health information, job opportunities, connection to long distant relatives, irreplaceable school aid to the children, an online library, unlimited research resource center and bringing a window of the world into their homes.
STAFF LISTING
| One full time Executive Director | |
| One full time Associate Director | |
| Specially Trained Volunteers | |
| Grantwriter | |
| Appraiser | |
| Administrative Secretary/Treasurer | |
| Client Coordinator | |
| Research and Development Coordinator | |
| Computer consultant/ Programmer | C.H.S. |