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Cooperative Extension reports success of laptop-giveaway; seeks funding to expand digital-access program
Summary
Extension staff told commissioners a $25,000 Danville Regional Foundation grant funded about 80 Lenovo Chromebooks and short-term subscriptions; program targeted Caswell County residents (one per household) and offered training in telehealth, resume-building and social-media marketing, moving county broadband-access metrics modestly upward.
Cooperative Extension staff told the board a pilot digital-access initiative provided roughly 80 Lenovo Chromebooks to Caswell County residents through a $25,000 grant from the Danville Regional Foundation and county and partner support.
Tyler, the program lead, said the project spent about $20,607 on laptops and the remainder on…
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