Lowell Community Technology Consortium /
Meeting of DoE Sub-Recipients

3/12/01 (YWCA / 41 Rock Street)
12:30 pm

Host: Andy Chandonnet

Present: Angie Andebol (LCCS),Gregg Croteau (UTEC), Eduardo Czarnobai (LTC), Sr. Janet Deaett (St. Julie Asian Center), Chris McClure (Pathfinders / Milestone), Osvalda Rodrigues (MAPS), Felicia Sullivan (LTC)

New Partners

• Following organizations have been added to the DoE partners since February: The Caleb Group, Pathfinders / Lowell Transitional Housing Center, & Recruitment Resources Consulting / CFWC
• Two previously lapsed partners have established contacts: Lowell Community Charter School and Latinos en Accion

Monthly Reporting

• Missing Program, Budget, or Matching reports from the following:

• CMAA - Programmatic Reports - Appendix C (Sept 00 - Present) & Matching documentation for monies spent
• Girls, Inc. - Budget Reports - Appendix B (Sept 00 - Present)
• UTEC - Budget & Program Reports (Jan 01- Present)
• MAPS - Matching documentation for monies spent, Program Reports (Dec 01-present), Budget Reports (Dec 01 - present)
• Caleb, Pathfinders, & Charter School - signed contracts

• Next year contracts will require a 2-3 paragraph narrative for programs occurring in your programs

Evaluation / Year 1 Final Report

• The first year of the DoE program was from 5/1/00 - 4/30/01. We are in the 11^th month a as part of the reporting mechanism we need to discuss our progress on our projected outcomes. The only area we are currently lacking information is the impact our programs are having on individuals in our centers. To help with this a participant survey was handed out. Once Felicia gets # of participants in each center, the survey will be printed up and distributed. Need to have as many filled out and returned by end of month. It was pointed out that this may be a bit difficult for those whose participants do not speak English.
• Felicia will also conduct site visits at the end of the month along with conducting some questions of center staff.
• Tanya is meeting on Wed. to touchbase with the documentary as a part of this evaluation progress.

Vision / Planning Retreat

• Would like to have the whole Consortium hold a planning / vision meeting to determine the scope and range of activities we should continue to engage ourselves in, as well as our individual plans for sustainability beyond the DoE grant

Priorities and Funding for Next Year

• Next year's grant has the bulk of the funding in staffing (about $160K). With 14 organizations this is a little under $12K per site for staffing. These funds will be available for direct program staff (and their related fringe costs) only. A small amount of equipment money will be handled in a separate program administered by Eduardo and he will work with individual organizations to determine their needs (there is about $50K in this line item) and figure out expenditures.
• Also, LTC will mostly likely by this time next year no longer offer a basic computer skill class. Felicia passed out the LTC curriculum and a basic skills inventory to let folks know what sort of skills LTC is looking for. LTC is looking to the Consortium as a place to send folks to for this training and would like to work to create a Basic Skill certificate folks can award to folks that LTC will recognize.

Adjourn