Why this website?

How can people living on a low income or in poverty get internet access?

What if I don't know how to use the web?

We developed this website with the hope that it would do three things:

•  provide information about the kind of services we offer so you would
   know when to call us for help, and where else you can go for help if we
   can't help you

•  provide access to legal information in both our specialty areas of
   poverty law and areas where we do not provide legal services but
   receive many requests for help (consumer law, family law, powers of
   attorney, etc.).

•  highlight the diverse work we do and how you can get involved

We hope you will be able to use the information to help yourself or someone you know or are helping.

We will be adding more legal and referral information by the spring of 2006. We welcome your feedback, positive and negative. Please email our Webmaster with your comments.

We know this can be a challenge.  We've tried to make our site as user friendly as possible.

We've compiled a list of free internet access sites where you can go to get online.

Also, visit Komputers For Kids, a non-profit program that provides home computers for low income families with school aged children.  Their program gives every family in this community an opportunity to have access to a computer in their home.  The computers are on loan only.  However, every family may keep the computer as long as they demonstrate the need for one.

The Columbia Human Rights Advocates Network has a great web page entitled Technology for Activists. People can find the Internet overwhelming. But using it can be easier than you think. This website from Columbia University gives you a starting point for using the Internet.  You will find basic information and web-based training on using the internet effectively.  They also provide information about free internet access sites.