Digital Grant Initiative

Ronnie’s House has been at the forefront of advancing digital equity in Long Beach, ensuring businesses, individuals, and underserved communities have the tools and resources to thrive in the digital age.

Through our Digital Grant Initiative, we focused on community outreach and education, empowering Long Beach residents and business owners to leverage digital tools for business promotion, resource access, and education.

Our efforts highlighted key digital inclusion resources, including:

  • The Digital Inclusion Resources Hotline
  • Low-cost Internet services
  • Affordable computers
  • Digital literacy training programs

Bridging the Digital Divide

With support from city resources, Ronnie’s House distributed:

  • 111 tablets and 50 hotspots to underserved communities.

We prioritized outreach to vulnerable groups disproportionately impacted by the digital divide during the pandemic, including:

  • Senior Citizen Groups
  • Low-Income Mobile Home Parks
  • Barbershops and Beauty Salons

Community Impact

To expand our reach, we distributed 10,000 marketing materials, providing information about digital services and tools to help residents stay connected, access essential resources, and grow their businesses.

Data-Driven Results

Our work has made a measurable impact in bridging the digital gap, and detailed graphs and tables showcase the success and outcomes of this initiative.

Social Media Flyers

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Small Business Workshops

2 Workshops addressing digital Inclusion and supporting small businesses in access tech grant. Hosted over 30 small businesses during the workshop.

Social Media Campaign

Through a collaboration with Grey Panthers, 30 Seniors Received Computers and hotspots.

The computers and internet will be used for computer literacy training with lbcc,  staying  connected with family and friends and utilize telehealth.

500 Flyers were also distributed to seniors through the partnership promoting digital inclusion resources.

KIDS CONNECTED

 

Every family with children stated that school was the one priority for the net and tablet. Families were struggling with WIFI not have sufficient Wi-Fi because of the number of kids that needed to use it for school.

CONNECTED WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES

Women owned businesses distributed about 500 brochures through their business

BARBERSHOPS/BEAUTY SALONS CONNECTED

5 Barbershops received Computers to support them in their payment gateway and managing their online shops.

Received 50 Brochures each about the Digital Inclusion Resources to distribute to clients. 

Distributing 250 Brochures to their customers.

10 Black Owned Businesses Received Tablets and Distributed 30 Digital Inclusion 

Brochure totaling 300 . Business said online stores, taking their business on the go to stay connected and accounting

10 Non-Profit Organizations received Tablets and brochures to distribute to their clients .

Digital Inclusion Banners were placed on 3 websites totaling 1000’s in monthly views during December 2020 and January 2021. The banners were linked to the websites with net resources.   The websites that had  banners were  www.blackownedlongbeach. www.lbunited.org and www.accelerateuptown.com