California State University, Dominguez Hills

CSUDH-WIN will be a multi-faceted program that includes community-based conduits addressing the key goals for the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program: access, connectivity, adoption, and equity.

The University will provide Wi-Fi access, equipment, technology, and resource support to the anchor communities. This will include distributing laptops and Wi-Fi hot spots to students, staff, and community members; providing technical support to community members served by collaborating partners; and helping to locate resources.

The project will also build digital skills and IT workforce personnel in the anchor communities and at CSUDH. This includes teaching a capstone course of students followed by an internship in the following semester, including a digital project co-designed with a community partner. University staff will complete a digital skills course and then coordinate and manage projects to provide students with career readiness and will deliver workshops to community patrons.

Finally, the University will conduct a program evaluation and research on the project implementation, technology access and adoption, and training. This includes assessing effectiveness of each component, measuring and evaluating the impact of the project on the community partner, and ability to improve from year one to year two. There are several collaborators on this project that will aid in intern placement, technology distribution, and host trainings for anchor community residents.