Digital Grant

This grant focused on community outreach that specifically educated Long Beach Residents and Business Owners about various digital inclusion resources and services (such as the Digital Inclusion Resources Hotline, low-cost Internet services, computers and digital literacy training). Through city resources, Ronnies House was able to distribute 111 tablets and 50 hotspots to bridge the digital gap in the city. Ronnie’s House strictly targeted  and outreach to vulnerable communities like Senior Citizen Groups, Low Income Mobile Home Parks, and Barbershops/Beauty Salons in Long Beach that had been greatly impacted by the digital divide as a result of the pandemic. The total of marketing materials that were distributed were a total of 10,000. The breakdown of our efforts are presented in graphs and tables. 

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
  • SENIORS CONNECTED
  • KIDS CONNECTED
  • CONNECTED WOMEN
    OWNED BUSINESSES
  • BARBERSHOPS/BEAUTY
    SALONS CONNECTED
  • SMALL BUSINESSES
  • BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES

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