Community Partner Essential Digital Opportunity Workshop
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Community Partner
Essential Digital Opportunity Workshop
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Essential Families, a state of Missouri registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has been at the forefront of delivering critical children and family development services, accessible virtually 24/7, akin to how AMAZON delivers products and services to your doorstep.

Essential Families, leveraging our Collective Impact Integrated Service Platform (CIISP), is leading a collective of 39 Community Partners, that has closed the Digital Divide for 578 households.

The Essential Digital Equity Program model and approach has delivered "measurable impact", proving the need, and positive community effect of our Essential Digital Equity Program. Moreover, with adequate funding, over 4-year period, our Essential Digital Opportunity Program is sustainable for years to come.

Our Essential Digital Opportunity Program, designed and built in compliance with National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Section 60304(c) of the Infrastructure and Jobs Act of 2021, and the state of Missouri Digital Equity Plan, is tailored to scale across any rural or urban community in the United States.

Our Essential Digital Equity Program has eight (8) services designed and built to stabilize children and families, leveraging affordable and reliable broadband Internet.

Once the individual/family is stable, Essential Families, in collaboration with our 39 Community Partners, has nine (9) Digital Workforce Development services (job training programs) designed to enable Cover Population participation in the "Digital Economy".

The University of Missouri/BLOCH, a highly respected third-party data analysis and reporting entity, produced a Digital Opportunity report using Essential Families Digital Opportunity raw data.

Please click this button UMKC/BLOCH to see UMKC/BLOCH Essential Digital Opportunity Program report.

The Essential Digital Opportunity Workshop is conducted in partnership with our 39 Community Partners, with workshops held at our Community Partner locations. The Essential Digital Opportunity Workshop includes the following services and program.

1. Digital Navigator - Essential Families has 61 trained Digital Navigators. The Essential Families Digital Navigator, provides individualized or small group assistance to unserved and underserved Covered Population, who need affordable internet, new laptop with 1 year premium service, coaching in introductory digital skills, how to protect themselves online, and essential "wrap around" resources to stabilize their household.

   The initial contact with Covered Population is in person. 48 hours follow up, and other follow ups, which can be up to 3 months, 2 twice months, are conducted on NoW video (www.nowvideo.us), our live streaming video platform. If seniors, immigrants, or refugee Covered Population clients require additional "in person" support, this can be arranged.

2. Best Internet Service Provider Selection and Sign-Up Assistance - Digital Navigators assist Covered Population with selecting best Internet Service Provider, for the individual or family.
3. Laptop Computer - New Chromebook/Laptop computer, with 1-year premium support, ensuring Covered Population has an equal opportunity to participate in the Digital Economy
4. Computer and Internet Training - Basic computer knowledge about how computers work and how to use them. Include typing, learning keyboard commands, powering a computer on and off, knowing how to connect and disconnect the Internet to a computer.
5. Essential Parenting Education - Offering weekly twelve (12) 90-minute Essential parental education sessions by trained Essential Parental Educators who will support expectant mothers, parents, or guardians of children birth to nineteen (19).
6. Essential Telehealth(www.e-telehealth.org) - Providing Primary and 6 secure Essential Mental Healthcare Sessions with licensed Therapists, Counselors, and Psychiatrists. No wait list. EAP model.
7. EveryThing(www.everything-kc.org) - Providing local essential resources for Families, through multiple languages, using Google model.
8. NoW Video Conference(www.nowvideo.us) - Easy Video Conference Anywhere you can Trust.
9. Child Care Payment Assistant - Child Care Program that helps pay for childcare costs.
10. Digital Workforce Development - Digital Navigator, AWS Linux Software Developer, Remote Digital Marketing Specialist, and Essential Parental Education training.

    The Essential Digital Equity Program "scales" to any rural or urban community in the United States.

Community Partner	Date	Time	Location	Covered Population	Digital Navigators
RW2 Resiliency at Work 2.0	September 10th, 2021	4:30 am - 6:30 am	Laudantium expedita	25	4
St. Michael's Veterans	December 12th, 2024	11:00 am - 1:00 pm	3818 Chelsea Drive, Kansas City, MO 64128	20	4
Dave's Place	December 14th, 2024	11:00 am - 1:00 pm	4509 Troost Ave Christian Fellowship Baptist Church Kansas City, MO 64110	17	4
	December 17th, 2024	3:00 am - 6:00 am	ArchWell Health, 3135 Prospect Ave, Kansas City, MO 64128	12	4
Lyriks Institution	December 18th, 2024	2:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Southeast Community Center, 4201 E 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64130	20	4

Funding Provided By:

City of Kansas City Digital Equity Office