Contact Information
Address:
2086 Waycross Road
Forest Park, Ohio 45240
Why is your organization interested in increased broadband usage among your members and community:
A recent survey found that only 20% of our residents had ever watched video programming online. And, although we are in a suburban setting, we have found many residents lack the connectivity to use the internet effectively.
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
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:
Our project will focus on low income youth, adults, minorities, and seniors
in our communities. The combined demographics for the communities we
serve are :
White - 55.2%
Black – 39.3%
Hispanic – 1.2%
Other – 4.4%
16% are below the poverty line.
Supporting Vulnerable Populations
Please describe the specific affirmative steps that your program will take to engage and serve the groups identified:
We will actively engage our underserved population through outreach efforts. We will provide training in basic and advanced computer use. We will work with this population to provide high speed internet access here. We would like to use the tool developed by Open Media to enhance and upgrade our current services and help our communities communicate more effectively.
Please describe the ways your center will be accessible to people with disabilities and technologies will be used:
Our center in handicapped accessible and within walking distance of public transportation.
Do you offer, or plan to offer, multilingual training and outreach? If so, please describe and identify languages it will be in:
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:
Other Current Equipment Value:
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:
Future Digital Broadcast Server(s):
Other Future Equipment Value:
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 - 40 hours - 2500
Engineering - 60 hours - 1500
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:
Staff will be trained in computer literacy, with backgrounds in IT and video production.
Job Creation
How many indirect jobs will be created from this project:
How many direct jobs will be created from this project:
