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Comcast and Chicago Housing Authority Collaborate to Close the Digital Divide for up to 91,000 HUD-Assisted Chicago Households in Major Internet Essentials Program Expansion

July 15, 2016

Internet Essentials to Reach More Than 40 Percent of All HUD-Assisted Households Nationwide… Comcast and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) ConnectHome initiative took an historic step to close the digital divide in America.  Now, public housing and HUD-assisted residents living in Comcast’s service area can participate in Internet Essentials, the company’s […]

Filed Under: 2016 Community Investment
Tagged With: Chicago Housing Authority, ConnectHome, david l. cohen, digital divide, Eugene Jones, internet essentials, john crowley, Julian Castro, Rahm Emanuel

Internet Essentials, Comcast’s High-Speed Internet Program for Low-Income Families, to Be Extended to Community College Students in Illinois

September 16, 2015

Pilot Program Will Help more than 90,000 Illinois Community College Students Cross the Digital Divide… Chicago Still #1 in the Country in Internet Essentials Enrollment, Connecting Nearly 120,000 Low-Income Residents to High-Speed Internet Service at Home… Comcast Corporation announced a pilot program today that will extend Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed […]

Filed Under: 2015 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
Tagged With: community colleges, david l. cohen, Illinois, Illinois Community College Board, internet essentials, Karen Hunter Anderson

Chance the Rapper, Ludacris Launch Get Schooled, Get Connected Spring Challenge in Chicago to help Students Finish the School Year Strong

March 10, 2015

Chicago Public Schools high school students completed more than 50,000 quests during inaugural three-month challenge… Chance the Rapper and Ludacris joined Internet Essentials, city and school leaders at Alcott College Prep on Tuesday afternoon to kick off the popular Get Schooled, Get Connected Spring Challenge, which is designed to help thousands of Chicago Public Schools […]

Filed Under: 2015 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, Community Investment
Tagged With: Alcott College Prep High School, Chance The Rapper, Chicago Bulls, Chicago City of Learning, Chicago Fire, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago White Sox, Christina Milian, david l. cohen, Get Schooled Get Connected, Grace Moody, Harry Shipp, internet essentials, James Williams, Jones College Prep, Jordan Mills, Ken Williams, Ludacris, Shawn Jackson, Sway Calloway, Sydney Green

Boys & Girls Club of America and Comcast NBCUniversal Announce Major Partnership and the Launch of the My.Future Technology Initiative in Chicago

November 13, 2014

Partnership is Comcast NBCUniversal’s largest with the nonprofit; My.Future provides hands-on technology training to equip youth at the Little Village Boys & Girls Club in Chicago with skills needed to succeed in digital age Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and Comcast NBCUniversal announced today that they have entered into a five-year national partnership valued […]

Filed Under: 2014 Community Investment, 2014 Press Releases, Community Investment, GCR News
Tagged With: Comcast Foundation, david l. cohen, digital literacy, Great Futures Campaign, Internet access, James G. Keane, Little Village Boys & Girls Club, My.Future

Enrollment in Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program in Chicago Metro Area Reaches 33,000 Households – More than any other Metro Area

March 5, 2014

Comcast announces it will extend Internet Essentials program enrollment; Chicago, Cicero-Berwyn receive “Gold Medal Recognition” from Comcast for numbers of families enrolled in program; Two new “Internet Essentials Learning Zones” to bring community partners together to address digital divide… Comcast announced today in Chicago that enrollment in its Internet Essentials program in the Chicago Metropolitan […]

Filed Under: 2014 Community Investment, 2014 Press Releases
Tagged With: Berwyn, Boys Club of Cicero, Centro Romero, Cicero, Corazon Community Services, david l. cohen, Gold Medal Communities, internet essentials, Internet Essentials Learning Zones, JVS Chicago, Matthew Summy, The Children’s Center of Cicero-Berwyn, Youth Crossroads

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