August 8, 2002 | Read Time: 1 minute
Two years ago the Children’s Partnership, a public-policy organization in Santa Monica, Calif., released research findings that identified a lack of useful information on the Internet for people who are poor or are members of minority groups, have limited literacy skills, or do not speak English. Now the organization has introduced a Web site designed to help nonprofit groups solve the problem.
Contentbank.org is geared toward staff members at community technology centers and other local organizations that work to expand access to technology. The site provides annotated links to other Web sites that feature information of particular interest to low-income people on such topics as education, employment, health, and housing.
The site also profiles nonprofit programs that have created online content, such as Connect LA, a Web site run by the Center for Governmental Studies that offers extensive listings of job openings and health-care providers in south Los Angeles and is available in both English and Spanish.
The Children’s Partnership also has updated its 2000 report, “Online Content for Low-Income and Underserved Americans: The Digital Divide’s New Frontier” (The Chronicle, March 23, 2000).
To get there: Go to http://www.contentbank.org.
