Item 5: Presentation on GTOPs Mini and Capacity Awardees — original pdf
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2024 GTOPs Mini + Capacity Awardees August 13, 2024 What’s Inside What is GTOPs? GTOPs Mini GTOPs Capacity 2 1 What is GTOPs? 3 GTOPs Vision and Mission Digital Inclusion Vision A community where all citizens have access to the internet, devices, and knowledge needed to fully participate in digital society Digital Inclusion Mission To provide matching grant funds to Austin organizations for projects that create digital opportunities and promote digital equity in innovative ways. 4 GTOPs 2024 Grant ● Total funding for all pathways: $400,000 Award Pathways: $315,000 5 $25,000 $60,000 2 GTOPs Mini 6 Scoring Process Overview Application Phase • Organizations submit application, budget of request, performance measures and annual revenues 11 applications received (5 less than last year) 6 awarded and fully funded (1 more than last year) • • Evaluation Phase • Originally had 5 reviewers, 3 of which could not commit to panel duties • An additional 3 panelists were brought in from known and trustworthy past GTOPs collaborators 7 Alejandra B. - Age 15 GTOPs Mini Final Decision - Awarded Organization Award Request Averaged Score Latinitas $10,000 Museum of Human Achievement $10,000 Art Spark Texas Changing Expectations Economic Growth Business Incubator E4 Youth Inc $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 89 84.6 78.6 78.6 75.4 75.2 8 GTOPs Mini Final Decision - Not Selected Organization Award Request Averaged Score Austin Urban Technology Movement $10,000 Black Mamas Village $10,000 Texas Folklife Resources $8,500 BRAVE Communities Open Austin $10,000 $10,000 73 73 72 68.4 61.4 9 GTOPs Mini - Awarded Projects Welcome to my Homepage Digital Artist Residency ● Online program teaching web design for creative means TRUE TALES by Disability Advocates ● Teaching disabled clients to use creative media tools to record and publish podcasts Family Tech Literacy and Exploration ● Two gen model to assist parents and youth in digital literacy and STEM exploration workshops 10 GTOPs Mini - Awarded Projects Small Biz Tech Clinic ● 8 hour bootcamp for small business owners to learn how to tackle common tech obstacles Digital Skills Training and Support for Educators ● Workshops for teachers to learn to integrate digital tools into their curricula Youth Creating AI Chatbots with Microsoft Copilot Studio ● Transition the program from IBM Watson to Microsoft CoPilot Studio. Students create AI chatbots to discuss social justice 11 3 GTOPs Capacity 12 Scoring Process Overview Application Phase • Organizations submit application and annual revenues • • 12 applications received (1 less than last year) 10 awarded and funded Evaluation Phase • One application we received did not meet the standard digital inclusion requirements of the program (Hyperreal Film Club) • Another applicant was not a registered NPO (Choicest Fruit) • No panel was required, 10 slots for awardees • All applications were screened by city staff • One application requested funding for an item that we could not approve of and their award was reduced as a result 13 Yadira R. - Age 17 GTOPs Capacity Final Decision Organization Award Request Admin Disposition The Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA) $2,500.00 Austin Urban Technology Movement (AUTMHQ) $2,500.00 Changing Expectations Corp SAIVA Choicest Fruit BRAVE Communities Latinitas Texas Folklife Resources, Inc. Black Mamas Village - ATX Hyperreal Film Club Austin Free-Net $2,500.00 $2,500.00 $2,500.00 $2,500.00 $2,200.00 $2,495.00 $2,400.00 $2,500.00 $1,550.00 Economic Growth Business Incubator $2,500.00 14 Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Awarded Not Eligible Not Eligible Awarded Awarded GTOPs Capacity Funding ● Digital Inclusion Conference Admission ● Cloud Storage ● Data Storage ● Internet Access ● Devices for Staff ● Data Analysis ● Certifications ● Website Improvements (Job board, learning platform) ● Operations Programs (Excel, Word, Atlas.Ai, Zoom, other program licenses) 15 Contacts • Jesse Rodriguez, Program Manager • • Jesse.Rodriguez@austintexas.gov 512.974.7676 • Dan Martinez, Business Process Specialist • • dan.martinez@austintexas.org 512.974.3510 Learn More/Connect Digital Inclusion Homepage - austintexas.gov/digitalinclusion Grant Homepage - Gtops.org Email the program - digital.inclusion@austintexas.gov Grant Management System - https://partnergrants.austintexas.gov/logi n.do 16 End Thank you!