A graduating class of TGH learners at MakeIT Haverhill. 

Photo Credit: MakeIT Haverhill

Tech Goes Home recently released a video featuring learners and instructors discussing their experiences with TGH's programs. Watch the full video here.

Tech Goes Home's CEO, Dan Noyes, recently wrote an op-ed published in the Boston Business Journal highlighting TGH's approach to digital inclusion work and our collaboration with Comcast, a long-standing TGH partner.

In TGH's latest Fireside Chat, three leaders discuss digital equity at TGH program site, MakeIT Haverhill. The panel features:

• State Representative Andy X. Vargas, 3rd Essex
• Frank Vasquez, Director of Technology, Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School
• Lisbeth Valdez, Program Director, MakeIT Haverhill

View the full discussion and clips from each panelist here. Thank you, Google, for sponsoring our Fireside Chart series!

Have you heard about the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)? Next month, in collaboration with Comcast, TGH will host two webinar sessions about the ACP and how to sign up. The webinars are open to all but require registration. Please click the links below to register.

Friday, February 3, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Register here

Wednesday, February 15, 5:30 - 7 PM, Register here

For more information about the ACP, including how to sign up, click here.

Read about all we accomplished together in the past year in our latest Impact Report. The report includes program data from our annual follow-up survey, which graduates complete a year after completing the TGH program. For example:

• 98% of school-aged children are better able to do schoolwork online
• 74% of graduates have accessed telehealth
• 68% of graduates are accessing job searching resources online

Madison Park Development Corporation (MPDC) has offered a total of 28 TGH courses to adults in the Roxbury community since 2011, and 113 learners graduated from TGH courses at MPDC in 2022 alone. Many of their courses focus on digital skills for workforce development and securing employment, while others focus on entrepreneurship and launching a small business. They also offer courses geared towards older adults that cover topics such as accessing city resources and telehealth services. Learn more about MPDC's work here.

Beginning in 2023, individual donors in Massachusetts can now deduct charitable donations on their state tax returns. This decision is the result of tireless advocacy by nonprofit leaders, including Jim Klocke of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. We're excited for the opportunities that this change opens up for greater individual support for TGH and our partner organizations! For more information, check out this article from MassNonprofit News.

• Viewpoint: Connecting Bostonians to digital inclusion (Boston Business Journal)
• Expanding opportunity for Black communities (Bay State Banner)
• Highlights of the 2022 MNN Conference (Massachusetts Nonprofit Network)
• Baker-Polito Administration Celebrates Urban Agenda Grant Program in Lynn (MassInsider)
• Comcast gives $500K to Boston-area nonprofits to close digital equity gap (Boston Globe)
• Comcast Awards More Than $500,000 In Grants To Advance Digital Equity Efforts Across The Boston Region (Comcast)
• Tech Goes Home receives new $250,000 grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to expand digital equity efforts (MassNonprofit News)

In collaboration with our network of outstanding partners, Tech Goes Home is working to advance digital equity in Massachusetts.

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