Connect2Compete announces digital opportunity campaign in Bibb County schools:
Knight Foundation, Cox, Redemtech partner with national non-profit to bring reduced-cost Internet, affordable computers and digital training to local families. Find out more at http://kng.ht/WGTLiR.
Knight Foundation's Communities Program - Strategy Presentation
Connect 2 Compete Bibb County
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4. 2012 Fall Pilot - The Offers
October 19 – December 15
Broadband by Cox
$9.95 Starter CHSI for 2 years (1 Mbps / Free Online & In-person Digital
384kbps) Literacy Training
Free cable modem rental for 2 years Geek Squad
Free professional or self installation Public Libraries
No deposit and no contract Online at
Free McAfee Security Suite with Starter www.connect2compete.org
service
PC Offer
$150 Refurbished Laptop or Desktop
Includes MS Office and Windows 7
80 GB Hard Drive / 2 GB Memory
DVD Drive
Free Shipping & Handling
5. 2012 Fall Pilot - Qualification
• Families with at least 1 child receiving free lunch in the
National School Lunch Program in one of the participating
schools
• Other broadband qualification:
– Live in a Cox service area
– Have not subscribed to Cox Internet in the preceding 90 days
– Do not have any outstanding past-due payments to Cox
6. 2012 Fall Pilot - Enrollment Process
Call Toll-Free: Go Online:
1-855-222-3217 OR Connect2Compete.org/apply
I qualify so,
How do I get it?
Internet PC
$9.95/month $150
Facilitated Facilitated
Phone Web Phone Web
Enrollment Enrollment
Internet purchased PC purchased
Service installed aprox. 7 days after PC delivered aprox. 5 days after
purchase purchase
7. 2012 Fall Pilot - District Participation
• Engage and attain commitment from
principals and school leadership
• Ask principals to appoint C2C liaison(s) at
schools sites that will work with the C2C
Macon Program Manager
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9. 2012 Fall Pilot - Next Steps
• Bibb BOE:
– Distribution of flyers, posters & School Welcome packets to
school sites
– Engagement of BOE Leadership
• C2C:
– Hire Macon Program Manager to coordinate effort with BOE
and community partners
Let's work together to put Bibb County on the map as a
united community committed to bringing our students and
families into the digital age!
Editor's Notes
C2C is aNational broadband adoption initiative announced by the FCC Chairman Nov 2011Goal is to promote digital literacy education and broadband adoption for low income households with school age children (at least one child in Free National School Lunch Program)Voluntary Partnership between the FCC, NCTA, broadband providers, hardware providers, content providers, and non-profits. Connect2Compete is the non-profit company who manages the program and the brand.
Formed 2011 C2C’s partners include major cable broadband providers, national and local nonprofits, and other national organizations. This national initiative aims to provide students and families with the hardware and digital skills to effectively improve their lives and help them thrive in the global economy.
Families do not have to take both products – they can get either one or bothIf customers have a back balance with Cox, they have an opportunity to pay off the balance to participate in the program.
Minimum qualification for Cox’s program with C2C is that the family has a child in the national free lunch programTo receive the broadband offer, the families will need to be in the Cox service area and not have any bad debt.The families must also have not had Cox internet in the last 3 months—again, this is an adoption program and we want to be sure to target families that are not currently connected
Application will ask the applicant to indicate that they are enrolled in Free Lunch program and they are willing to share that information as part of this C2C enrollment processC2C Eligibility Center will utilize 3rd party databases to validate student’s participation in Free Lunch Program
What does your participation mean?Be champions of this program and get the families online!Please identify one or more members of your district staff to work with Cox, C2C and the schools— Technology officers or Tech Ed directors are great Help us get commitments from your principals – we heard feedback from some schools in the first trial that they would make this more of a priority if the district communicated that directive and urgencyIf the principals cannot personally be involved, ask them to appoint someone from their staff to work with your district teams.Source: Gina Baldwin (pictured), Tech Coach, Escondido