Through a recently-completed project, the Women’s Housing Coalition (WHC) is providing free WI-FI for over 90 residents in its four Baltimore housing facilities.
WHC provides affordable housing and supportive services to people who have experienced homelessness, especially those with disabilities. The free Wi-Fi program started in August of 2020 at a WHC building called The Linden in Reservoir Hill, and expanded to WHC’s other three facilities in Old Goucher, Charles Village, and downtown Baltimore through a $25,000 grant from the Abell Foundation. Installations were completed by UrCameraGuy, a local black-owned business run by Tommy Watkins. A $20,000 grant from the Franck-Merrick Foundation went toward providing loaner laptops for WHC residents.
Like libraries, the computer labs in the buildings owned by WHC typically see heavy use, and these resources were shut down when the pandemic hit.
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