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According to a June 2007 “Home
Broadband Adoption” study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project,
while 47% of all adult Americans have a broadband connection at home, only 15%
of individuals 65 or older have broadband access.  40% of individuals 50-64 have
broadband but have been slower in adopting broadband since 2005 than younger age
groups.  Yet, increasingly, access to informational resources, pursuit of
activities to maintain independence in daily living and the ability to actively
participate in our society, require mastery of technology and usage of the
Internet. SeniorNet is committed to working with funders, community groups and
other partners to close this Digital Divide for seniors, especially those with
disabilities and those in urban and rural underserved areas, through our
"Underserved Initiative" which provides hands-on, peer-taught, training as well
as web-based education and online community support. 
Native American
Achievement Centers
In partnership with the Native American Chamber of Commerce
and with funding from IBM, SeniorNet is leading the technology training
components of ‘Hope and Harmony for Humanity’, a grant-based
initiative designed to bring computer technology access and education to
low-income and remote Native American reservations across the nation. 
The
initiative began with the opening of the first Achievement Center at the
Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana on September 28, 2006, The next center
opening was on June 28, 2007 at the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Cass Lake,
Minnesota. The Tigua Achievement Center at Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso, TX 
opened on August 21, 2007. The Houlton Maliseet Achievement Center in Maine
opened on April 24, 2008. The Catawba  Achievement Center  in South Carolina
opened on September 12, 2008.
The Lenovo PC-based Achievement Centers offer
computer and Internet access, education and training at all levels for
reservation residents of all ages. In addition to computer training that covers
the fundamentals through more advanced courses, the Achievement Centers serve as
an education center for the communities, offering intergenerational programs and
classes on topics such as Family History and Genealogy, Health, Language
Training, Work Skills, and Tutoring, as well as a host of life skills and
enrichment curriculum for the community’s residents.
This initiative will
continue its development through 2008 with the opening of a total of five
Achievement Centers on rural and low-income reservations. SeniorNet is working
to acquire additional scholarship funding to continue the program and build new
centers throughout the country. 
Underserved Urban Learning Centers  
Thanks to
a partnership with the H.R.C. Foundation, SeniorNet opened three
scholarship-based Computer Learning Centers in low-income, urban communities
between 2006 and 2008. The first of these Centers opened at Emmaus Services for
the Aging in Washington, D.C.  on October 18, 2006. The second opened on January
25, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The most recent H.R.C. Learning Center
opened in Chula Vista, California on June 17, 2008.
Funded by a grant from the
UPS Foundation, SeniorNet opened two additional fully-funded Learning Centers
that provide free computer access and education to low-income older adults. The
first of these Centers opened in 2006 in Oakland, California at the Eastmont
Town Center . The second opened in 2007 in the greater Corpus Christi, Texas 
area.
SeniorNet is actively looking for additional grants to continue to develop
and support new scholarship Learning Centers throughout the U.S. 
 
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