By Chris Milholland
Low-income housing residents in San Diego and across the state are joining the digital age with help from a new program aimed at bridging the digital divide.
The “We Are Now Connected” initiative provides free Internet access and computer training to residents of affordable-housing projects throughout the state for the next 24 months.
The goal of the national program is to help low-income families use Internet resources to join the economic mainstream.
Kimberly Paul is with the San Diego Community Housing Coalition, one of the local partners helping to bring the program to San Diego.
She said that Internet access can be a powerful driving force for economic change.
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