Diminishing the Digital Divide

To better equip today's disadvantaged youth for the world of tomorrow, a San Francisco nonprofit group donates refurbished laptops to at-risk teenagers and young adults in foster homes and juvenile homes, PC World reports.

City Youth Now has given out 72 computers since 2008 and plans to give 60 more starting in July. Under the city government's "Digital Inclusion" program, this donation program provides the technology to help struggling youth find decent jobs, educational resources and other services critical to improve their situations.

In three-hour training sessions, organized by the city's Department of Technology, students learn various computer skills such as how to navigate Web browsers and office productivity applications.

"In today's age, a computer is kind of like a pencil if you're going to college," said Brittany Heinrich, executive director of CYN. "You have to register online and submit essays online. Everything's about the computer."

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