Contact Information
Organization Name:
St Paul Neighborhood Network
Applicant Name:
Mike Wassenaar, Executive Director
Address:
375 Jackson Street, Ste 250
Saint Paul, MN 55101
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community:
We wish to increase the connectiveness of the people we serve, and increase the educational opportunities available to communities of color and low-income populations in our community. By providing broadband training, and increasing community relevant content online, we will increase the number of people who meaningfully use broadband in their daily lives.
Demographic Information
Service Area Congressional Districts:
Does your organization serve a federally recognized tribal entities? If yes, please identify:
Does your organization serve vulnerable population groups? If so, please identify:
Hispanic
Black/African-American
Asian
Native American or Native Alaskan
English as Second Language (ESL)
Disabled
Low Income
Unemployed
Senior Citizen (55 and over)
Youth
Number of hosehold subscribers:
Estimated population size of your service area:
Please provide demogrphic information for the population you serve:
Saint Paul's population is 65% Caucasian, 35% people of color, primarily comprised of African American, Asian American and Hispanic populations. 60% of the children in our public schools received federal food assistance. Our viewership reflects this demographic diversity.
Our production membership is 60% people of color, comprised of African American, African refugee, Asian American and Hispanic groups. 40% of our membership qualifies for income assistance programs.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified:
We conduct promotion and outreach in communities of color through neighborhood press, and grassroots marketing with outreach volunteers. Additionally, we provide in-language promotion on our channels for non-English speaking audiences.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used:
We have done a technical assessement with Pacer Center, a provider of disability solutions in the Twin Cities, to increase accessible of technology in our facility, and base our implementation on that study. In addition, our facility was designed and built in 2004 for ADA compliance.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in:
Yes. We offer training and do outreach in Spanish for Hispanic populations in our community. We also provide sign language translation for deaf people who take our technical training.
Local Drupal Development Commitement In addition to what the OMF will provide through this grant, we
estimate that a successful implementation will require a minimum of 80
hours of local drupal support (through trained staff, contractors, or
volunteers).
How many hours of professional drupal development support can you commit to securing between Oct 2010 and Oct 2012:
What is the estimated Cost (or value, if volunteer) of this commitment:
Current Capitial Equipment Commitment If your organization already has some or all of the equipment
required to implement the Open Media Project, or the capital budget
necessary to acquire it, that value will be included as part of your
match. If not, grant funds will be used to acquire the equipment you
require.
Current Digital Broadcast Server(s):
Current Dedicated RAID Storage:
Future Capital Equipment Commitment If your organization already has some or all of the equipment
required to implement the Open Media Project, or the capital budget
necessary to acquire it, that value will be included as part of your
match. If not, grant funds will be used to acquire the equipment you
require.
How much Capital Equipment budget could you devote towards the
acquisition of the following equipment:
Future Dedicated RAID Server:
Other Future Equipment Value:
If other, please explain:
Technical and Administrative Support We estimate that a successful implementation of the OMP will require a minimum of 80 hours of technical and administrative support
(through involvement of your ED, bookkeeper, engineer and other staff). Any time contributed will count towards your in-kind match.
How many hours can you commit to securing between Oct 2010 and Oct 2012:
List each staff member, position, number of hours committed, and hourly wage (or equivalent, if salary):
Executive Director (20), $725
Operations Manager (40), $850
Production Manager (40), $850
Master Control Manager (40), $850
Administrative Asst (10), $200
Video Content Commitment Partners will be supporting Sustainable Broadband Adoption by
addressing the primary hurdle identified by non-adopters: a perception
that broadband is not relevant to life, especially in low-income and
minority communities.
What is the value of the staff time and resources you are willing to
devote to supporting the production of video content that will address
'broadband relevance' from the perspective of members from
disconnected communities"?
Broadband Training Program
If you intend to provide training or education, how many people in total will your program(s) reach:
How many hours of training do you expect to provide per person on average for your program(s), through completion of training:
How many Full Time Employee (FTEs) will you employ for broadband and digital literacy training purposes:
Describe the qualifications and training of full time employee instructors of broadband and digital literacy training:
Our staff is trained in broadband education needs, and works with other educators in the Twin Cities who practice community based digital literacy instruction. Together, they have worked in the field for six years, and prior to this were trained in civic engagement, community service and non-profit program management.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project:
How many direct jobs will be created from this project:
