City of Houston Super Neighborhood Program

Technology For All has worked with the City of Houston Super Neighborhood program in several ways. By providing computers for Super Neighborhood leaders seeking to make better connections with their communities, TFA helps build capacity. Additionally, TFA works with Super Neighborhoods to provide information about developing community technology centers in neighborhoods without CTCs that may benefit from the services that CTCs provide. The City of Houston Department of Planning and Development provides an interactive map of Super Neighborhoods and CTC sites within those neighborhoods. For more information, click here.

EastSide Village Community Learning Center

Recognized as Houston’s 2002 Community Technology Center of the Year, East Side Village Community Learning Center (ESVCLC) is a key program partner. As a partner in TFA’s Department of Commerce JobTech project, ESVCLC served as both a training and work site for client participants in the program.For more information about ESVCLC, click here.

University of Houston College of Technology

Through a relationship developed with the University of Houston College of Technology students at the University are engaged in projects that will enhance the efforts of TFA-Houston to serve the community. The students work with nonprofits using technology to solve community problems. For more information, click here.

Houston Community College System

Numerous community technology centers across the city of Houston are able to take advantage of various outreach services provided by the Houston Community College System (HCCS). Classes provided for CTCs and their clients by HCCS include GED, English as a Second Language and other relevant services. In many cases these classes are provided at the CTCs for no charge through HCCS funds or corporate and community contributions. For more information, click here.  

Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network

The Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network (MAIN) is partner in the Texas Connects Coalition. MAIN is focused on bringing broadband technology opportunities to rural communities and towns across Texas. For more information, click here.

Rice University

TFA has worked with Rice University over the years on several fronts. The most significant current project is the TFA-Wireless project in the Pecan Park neighborhood around TFA's office. Rice University is continues to update and test the wireless infrastructure that provides free and low-cost wireless Internet service to the neighborhood. The lead scientist on the project is Dr. Ed Knightly, Rice professor in charge of the TAPS project and the NSF 100 x 100 project. TFA has received consulting expertise from the Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning led by Dr. Tony Gorry.

Houston Technology Center

The education initiative at the Houston Technology Center (HTC) is a collaborative project of several organizations including Technology For All. For more information about HTC and the program, click here.

Texas Southern University
 
Texas Southern University (TSU) was the lead community partner on a collaborative grant proposal that provided a fiber connection to TFA’s office at Misión Milby. The fiber, installed by Phonoscope, allows TFA to develop new and unique programs to serve its constituents and the community, including the TFA-Wireless project. The grant was a Community Network Three grant from the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (TIF). For more information about TSU, click here.

Houston Independent School District

Technology For All has a strong, supportive relationship with the Houston Independent School District (HISD) that includes: 1) collaborative grant proposals in support of common goals; 2) corporate computer donation programs; and 3) programs for HISD students that allow them to “learn and earn” computers while engaged in project-based learning activities with TFA. For more information about HISD, click here.

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