Community Technology Clinic
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Date
2015-05-06
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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
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The CTC is a meeting place for poor and homeless people to meet with engineers and information technology experts who learn about their needs and provide, where appropriate, technology-based solutions that meet these needs.
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IMPACT. 1: Cooperative design of technology solutions that involves engineers and IT people, and poor and homeless to ensure real needs are met. -- 2. A location for engineers and IT people from the Central Ohio area to help the poor and homeless. -- 3. The CTC is filling an empty niche and meeting an important neglected demand; a similar service does not exist at The Ohio State University, elsewhere in Central Ohio, or anywhere in the U.S.
OSU PARTNERS: College of Engineering; College of Social Work
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Columbus Coalition for the Homeless; Catholic Social Services; Healthy Worthington Resource; Center & Food Pantry
PRIMARY CONTACT: Kevin Passino (passino.1@osu.edu); John Clapp (clapp.5@osu.edu)
OSU PARTNERS: College of Engineering; College of Social Work
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Columbus Coalition for the Homeless; Catholic Social Services; Healthy Worthington Resource; Center & Food Pantry
PRIMARY CONTACT: Kevin Passino (passino.1@osu.edu); John Clapp (clapp.5@osu.edu)
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Engaged Scholars, v. 3 (2015).