Advanced Technology For Challenged Kids was created in 2000 to help bridge the Technology divide. Studies show that kids who do not have access to computers are falling behind those who do. Our purpose is to try and provide as many kids as possible with computers.

The project secures and reconditions, as needed, donated computer equipment/systems and distributes these items, at no expense, to  challenged children/youth, their families, and to the nonprofit organizations which serve them. The project is implemented by one physically challenged AmeriCorps*VISTA Volunteer on a daily basis. Volunteers  secure donated computers from private employers and state government surplus warehouses and recondition/distribute them. As of this date, the project has operated without any funding,
 

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) in 1999, in numerous published documents, indicated that children of single parent households, particularly those who live in rural areas, are among the groups that lack the greatest access to information resources.  The digital divide-the divide between those with access to new technology and those without, based on disability status, according to DOC., is just as large as that based on race and ethnicity and, regardless of income level.
 

We work on a priority bases starting with kids with disabilities but one of the biggest challenges can be financial. Our goal is to try and see that every kid who has a need is helped. 

Goal #1:  Empowerment and enhancement of  challenged children/youths ability to achieve a maximum level of independence through utilization of computer technology on the information highway.

Objective #1: To create access and maximize individual independence to the community for  challenged children/youth through the vehicle of computer technology.