Wireless Philadelphia issued a request for proposals seeking a team or individual who can evaluate the success of its digital inclusion program. The study is expected to take two years.
Wireless Philadelphia issued a request for proposals seeking a team or individual who can evaluate the success of its digital inclusion program. Wireless Philadelphia received a grant from the William Penn Foundation to conduct this two-year study.
Below is an excerpt from the RFP:
“The purpose of this evaluation is to demonstrate the direct impact of home-based computers and Internet access among a host of disenfranchised populations in Philadelphia, and to assess the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of WP’s service delivery model. The uniqueness of Philadelphia’s proposed model, as the first major city going completely wireless and offering citywide Digital Inclusion services, also offers a significant opportunity to advance the fields of research and policy with regard to technology and low-income populations. WP’s signature initiative, its Digital Inclusion Program, was launched in 2007 as a three-year pilot. Digital Inclusion will engage a broad coalition of public and nonprofit collaborators to connect disadvantaged households who are not currently online, so that they can use broadband technology in their homes to access resources and improve their lives . . . WP is taking an innovative approach to connecting low-income families and households with Training, Education, reduced-cost Internet Access, targeted online Content, and Hardware.
To view the RFP, go to: http://www.wirelessphiladelphia.org/rfps.cfm
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