Project Impact(s):
Children & Youth, Computer Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, OpenBeam, Technology Enablement
This project is in Concept Phase
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Collaborators Lead Organization:
Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium
Contact:
Brooke Carlson
; Email:
TBD
; Phone:
TBD
Known/Likely Collaborators:
County of Olmsted, MN
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Diversity Council
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Families First (Fomerly: Child Care Resource and Referral)
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IMAA
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OpenBeam
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Rochester Area Foundation
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Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium
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Rochester Public Library
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Rochester's Adult Literacy Program (Hawthorne Education Center)
Potential Collaborators:
Ability Building Center
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Collider Foundation
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ROCHESTER AREA YOUTH TECH FOUNDATION
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Rochester Community & Technical College
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Winona State Rochester
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Non-profit Consortium Buildout
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Partcipation in DEED's Digital Opportunity Plan
Impacts Major Impact:
Technology Enablement
PlanScape Impacts : Level 1:
Children & Youth, Computer Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, OpenBeam, Technology Enablement
Level 2:
Education, Education, C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math
DMC Impacts:
Community Health Impacts:
Type of Project
Planning
BACKGROUND
Key Program Components:
■ Initial Participants: Immigrant and refugee families or other families receiving public benefits with young children. Quickly expand to older adults as funding is secured through FSR.
■ Centralized Help Desk and Training: To streamline the delivery of tech support as residents build their computer literacy, RPL will be the centralized “help desk” for program participants. RPL will also work with RAFL staff as well as IMAA’s cultural consultants to provide training to partner organization staff to support consistent program delivery.
■ Community ”Hubs”: The hubs, which include RAFL, IMAA, Families First, FSR and 125 Live, will initially be virtual and become physical locations throughout the community. Each will: leverage their trusted relationships to reach people experiencing barriers, manage and loan out devices, ensure recipients are connected to appropriate educational opportunities, and be the first line of tech support for inquiring participants before directing to RPL for additional support.
■ Multiple Internet Solutions: There is an immediate need for creative solutions to increase internet access, such as connecting to existing hotspots or
deploying new ones throughout the community (e.g. County, City, Rochester Public School, and hub buildings). Discussions are already underway regarding longer-term solutions which will require partnerships with internet service or wireless providers, the City, and Rochester Public Utilities
Theory of Change
Pinned Reports on: Digital Equity IT
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Technology Enablement Related Event(s) => LINK
Reports on: Digital Equity IT
Other Community News and Reports having impacts on:
Children & Youth, Computer Literacy, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, OpenBeam, Technology Enablement
 Jun 2021 Co-design Report
2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown
Rochester by mid-October
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Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Fight Against Hate
"Abolishing racism, hate crimes, and white supremacy isn’t a problem for one group to face alone; it’s a shared burden that requires a strong and unified response."
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August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age
Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.
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 The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.
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Newsletter Highlights:
Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors
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Home Ownership Creation Program - Prairie Ridge: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, MN hereby approves the contribution of $4,000,000 to the Prairie Ridge development to support the creation of 201 for-sale homes via the Home Ownership Creation Program.
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 New Mayo Clinic, U of M framework aims to guide future research. The framework defines structural racism as the “totality of ways in which societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems of housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care and criminal justice.”
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2Q 2024: June 2024; May 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; April 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report
1Q 2024: Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report
Special callouts: Women in Construction; City of Rochester Equity in Development
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June 24, 2024 City Council Study Session: Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit per Goodenough
Departmental Audit reports of: Human Resources; Rochester Public Library; Parks & Rec
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SASSA to receive $1M from MN to train workers for high-demand employment.
The funding is awarded under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Targeted Populations Workforce Competitive Grant Program.
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 The City of Rochester welcomes applications for the Community Building Fund. This fund is all about supporting projects, programs, and events in the city that actively promote equity and inclusion.
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 Calling for Community Support at Community Meeting: The most recent Olmsted County Maxfield Study found that from 2020-2030, housing demand required 18,000 new housing units. 71% would need to be general-occupancy and 29% age-restricted senior housing.
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