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COMCAST AWARDS $75,000 AND 100 LAPTOPS TO VETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM TO ADVANCE DIGITAL EQUITY
Grants and Equipment Will Provide Veterans in Nine Western Pennsylvania Counties Resources to Access the Internet, Secure Safe and Affordable Housing, and
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[{"type":"text","content":"Grants and Equipment Will Provide Veterans in Nine Western Pennsylvania Counties Resources to Access the Internet, Secure Safe and Affordable Housing, and Obtain Skills for Sustainable Careers\nPITTSBURGH, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of National Veterans & Military Families Month, Comcast today announced it has awarded $75,000 in grants and 100 laptops to Veterans Leadership Program (VLP), a non-profit that assists veterans with housing, career development, wellness and supportive services. This announcement is part of Project UP, Comcast's 10-year, $1 billion commitment to advance digital equity through programs and community partnerships that connect people to the Internet, advance economic mobility, and open doors for the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, storytellers and creators.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nIn addition to providing laptops directly to vulnerable veterans they serve in western Pennsylvania, the organization will use the grants and laptops to create a mobile computer bank to assist service coordinators who work with veterans living in shelters, uninhabitable conditions or are street homeless and a rural computer bank to enable coordinators to reach areas where veterans have the greatest need. These computer banks will allow VLP to meet with veterans in Allegheny, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Elk, Fulton, Huntingdon, Jefferson and Somerset Counties, eliminating transportation barriers to complete intakes, provide referrals, help with housing searches and work together to complete job applications and other emergency assistance needs.\nThe laptops were presented to local veterans by Comcast's Senior Vice President of Military and Veterans' Affairs, Carol Eggert, and members of Comcast's local Veterans Network Employee Resource Group. \"We're proud to partner with military community-serving organizations that are meeting the needs of veterans, servicemembers and military families,\" said Eggert. \"Veterans Leadership Program is an important partner working to close the digital divide for western Pennsylvania veterans and their families.\"\n\"Comcast and VLP's work to close the digital divide for local veterans is important to the men and women who have served our country,\" said County Executive Rich Fitzgerald \"The more we can do to remove barriers for people seeking training, employment,...