TheRightMovesNet-Fact Sheet
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In 2001, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) was awarded a three year grant in the amount $ 897,993 from the U.S. Department of Commerce/National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Technology Opportunities Program. The award was provided in support of the CHA’s efforts to transform public housing and was to be used to create a system through which a seamless and secure exchange of information could occur across organizational boundaries and facilitate the process of public housing residents’ relocation. The funding financed a public/private partnership comprised of the Central Advisory Council of the Chicago Housing Authority, the Metropolitan Chicago Information Center, the Chicago Public Schools, and Northeastern Illinois University’s Center for Inner City Studies. Roosevelt University, CHAC, Inc. and the Chicago Housing Authority. The project, TheRightMovesNet, uses six resident interest areas to create information modules on: affordable housing, relocation planning, public/human services, transportation and education to help residents make informed choices during the relocation process. It innovatively uses 3D animation to create virtual apartment tours/community descriptions and incorporates flash multi-media presentations to convey important community information. The system also features an electronic bulletin board for communication purposes where important notices or questions can be posted, retrieved or answered from any place of public access. The funding also provides public access equipment for 10 public housing sites to be located north from 22nd Street south to 63rd St and west from Rockwell Avenue east to the Lake. Services Projected/Delivered • The project creates a web-based, interactive geographic information system (GIS) with selective 3D virtual apartment tours available to public housing residents through Internet access regardless of where the access computer maybe located. • The project develops content to inform public housing residents on choices that can potential impact relocation decisions. • The project equips 10 residential, public access sites within offices in the targeted geographic areas impacted by relocation and redevelopment. • The project provides field testing and training to a core group of endusers, which include contracted human service providers, public housing residents and housing relocation specialists. Additional Resources Leveraged through this Partnership: $1,035,000 in funding from John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for the CHA’s Relocation Tracking System served as a match to leverage funding for this partnership. Key Benefits: • Increased access of technology to an underserved community • Increased technological capacity of end users • Increased access to reliable housing information by public housing residents • Increased awareness of available community resources and services • Increased intra and interagency coordination around housing related issues. • Improved data share and exchange protocols Future Collaborations: The RightMovesNet project establishes links to the Beehive, a related online resource system managed by the One Economy Corp. One Economy has received $1,400,000 in support from the MacArthur Foundation for tech capacity building and asset mapping in five mixed income public housing developments. The amount is awarded over a four year period.
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In 2001, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) was awarded a three year grant in the amount $ 897,993 from the U.S. Department of Commerce/National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Technology Opportunities Program.
The award was provided in support of the CHA’s efforts to transform public housing and was to be used to create a system through which a seamless and secure exchange of information could occur across organizational boundaries and facilitate the process of public housing residents’ relocation. The funding financed a public/private partnership comprised of the Central Advisory Council o f the Chicago Hous ing Author ity , the Metropol i t an Chicago Information Center, the Chicago Public Schools, and Northeastern Illinois University’s Center for Inner City Studies. Roosevelt University, CHAC, Inc. and the Chicago Housing Authority.
The project, TheRightMovesNet, uses six resident interest areas to create information modules on: affordable housing, relocation planning, public/human services, transportation and education to help residents make informed choices during the relocation process. It innovatively uses 3D animation to create virtual apartment tours/community descriptions and incorporates flash multi-media presentations to convey important community information. The system also features an electronic bulletin board for communication purposes where important notices or questions can be posted, retrieved or answered from any place of public access. The funding also provides public access equipment for 10 public housing sites to be located north from 22nd Street south to 63rd St and west from Rockwell Avenue east to the Lake.
Services Projected/Delivered
• The project creates a web-based, interactive geographic information system (GIS) with selective 3D virtual apartment tours available to public housing residents through Internet access regardless of where the access computer maybe located.
• The project develops content to inform public housing residents on choices that can potential impact relocation decisions.
• The project equips 10 residential, public access sites within offices in the targeted geographic areas impacted by relocation and redevelopment.
• The project provides field testing and training to a core group of endusers, which include contracted human service providers, public housing residents and housing relocation specialists.
Additional Resources Leveraged through this Partnership: $1,035,000 in funding from John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for the CHA’s Relocation Tracking System served as a match to leverage funding for this partnership.
Key Benefits: • Increased access of technology to an underserved
community • Increased technological capacity of end users • Increased access to reliable housing information by
public housing residents
• Increased awareness of available community resources and services
• Increased intra and interagency coordination around housing related issues.
• Improved data share and exchange protocols
Future Collaborations: The RightMovesNet project establishes links to the Beehive, a related online resource system managed by the One Economy Corp. One Economy has received $1,400,000 in support from the MacArthur Foundation for tech capacity building and asset mapping in five mixed income public housing developments. The amount is awarded over a four year period.
