March 1, 2010

2-1-1 California Receives Federal Stimulus Grant to  Increase High Speed Internet Access and Use Among Californians Least Likely to Connect

Coalition of California nonprofits led by the California Emerging Technology Fund will work to bridge the technology divide in vulnerable and low-income communities.  

Los Angeles, CA - 2-1-1 California announced today that it had been awarded more than $1 million in Federal Recovery Act funds to help increase awareness, access to, and adoption of broadband high-speed Internet connections by those Californians least likely to connect: low income, rural, Latinos and limited-English speaking, and people with disabilities.  2-1-1 California is part of a coalition of California nonprofit organizations, led by the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), that received these federal funds for broadband adoption and expansion in California.

 
Please Help Those Affected by the Haiti Earthquake

On the evening of January 12, 2010, a major 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti. It is the most powerful quake to hit the impoverished country in more than 200 years. The tremor struck 15km (10 miles) south-west of the capital Port-au-Prince, and was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. Reports describe the destruction to affect as much as 70 percent of the buildings, with debris filling the roads making emergency response difficult.  The Prime Minister reported on January 13 that hundreds of thousands of lives may have been lost.  

You can help those affected by the Haiti earthquake by clicking here and donating to the United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund.

Gifts to the Fund support long-term recovery efforts to rebuild lives and infrastructure devastated by disaster and to address educational, financial and health-related challenges. United Way Worldwide members in the Caribbean region have mobilized their staff, volunteer leaders and resources in response.

 
TAKE ACTION TODAY TO PROTECT KIDS' HEALTH

  ACTION ALERT

Governor's Proposal Could Wipe Out Funding for Healthy Families, Eliminating Health Coverage for 874,000 California Children 
 

 Write to your legislators today and urge them to reject this disastrous proposal!

 
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All California Kids Need Healthcare! 
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Kailani Burns, a preschool teacher who sees "kids coming into my classroom who are too sick to learn" knows from experience how hard it is to be the parents of these children.

"I will never forget what it was like for my child, who was two years old at the time, to be uninsured.  For Leilah, a stumble, a fall - like any normal two year old - would take my breath away.  Swim lessons?  Going to the playground?  I hated myself for not letting Leilah do all of these things that normal kids do, but I would go into debt if something happened."

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