{"id":15172,"date":"2012-06-21T14:30:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T18:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=15172"},"modified":"2012-06-21T14:32:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T18:32:37","slug":"congresswoman-secures-1-5-million-grant-for-computer-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=15172","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Rep. Secures $1.5 Million Grant For Computer Org."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U. S. <strong>Rep. Kathy Castor<\/strong> announced that she had secured a second round of funding for an East Tampa non-profit organization. The Department of Labor awarded the grant to Computer Mentors Group, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComputer Mentors Group understands the value of training children and teens so they have the computer skills they need to succeed. They also work with young adults leaving the juvenile justice system on acquiring computer skills so they can find good-paying jobs in computer-related fields, which has a positive impact on the community\u2019s overall economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose involved in the initiative give back to the community by helping nonprofits and others with computer problems,\u201d <strong>Rep. Castor<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<p>Computer Mentors Group will use the grant money to serve more than 100 Hillsborough County young adults who have been involved with the juvenile justice system. Those involved in Computer Mentors Group will also provide computer help to non-profit organizations and community residents, including veterans and low-income families.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Labor awarded approximately $30 million in grants nationwide today, for 21 projects. <strong>Castor<\/strong> made a similar announcement last year when the Department of Labor granted Computer Mentors Group $1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U. S. Rep. Kathy Castor announced that she had secured a second round of funding for an East Tampa non-profit organization. The Department of Labor awarded the grant to Computer Mentors Group, Inc. \u201cComputer Mentors Group understands the value of training children and teens so they have the computer skills they need to succeed. They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}