2022-05-17T02:50:41-04:00 2021-12-31 990EZ 2021-01-01 814431217 CARDBOARD PROJECT % Armando Cantu CARD 4059740610 4008 CALVARY DRIVE PLANO TX 750230000 Armando Cantu Executive Director 2022-05-17 false 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X cardboardproject.org X X 194440 X 191031 3400 9 0 0 0 194440 32490 66718 55838 155046 39394 98210 0 137604 X 98210 140668 98210 140668 0 3064 98210 137604 X The primary purpose of CARDBoard Project is to bridge the digital gap and educate our under-resourced communities about the importance of having access to the Internet and assistance navigating. We connect the digitally disconnected to opportunities services and access to self-sufficiency. CARDBoard Project trains individuals through an 8-week digital training class for Microsoft Products. As a result they are given the training they need to become digitally skilled. This training leads the client to employment and higher wages. In 2021 fifty-seven individuals participated in these classes. Two of these classes were held in Spanish for the Latinx communities. 0 38220 CARDBoard Project meets with participants from the City of Dallas's District Attorney Specialty Court and other nonprofits. CARDBoard Project loans these participants a laptop a hotspot and a backpack with digital devices so that they start and complete their online courses or their court-mandated online program 0 30933 The Virtual Call Center services unhoused individuals returning citizens unemployed underemployed adults and teens and those who are digitally disconnected whether through lack of device skillset or connectivity. The Virtual Call Center connects one local representative with a device to a team of case managers remotely. The clients are taken through CARDBoard Project's 10 Steps to Self-Sufficiency to identify their barriers. Once CARDBoard Project identifies these barriers the participants are connected to the resources they need to overcome these barriers. These resources and solutions can include creating digital identities and connecting participants to food pantries shower facilities transportation ID restoration professional clothing banking services and job opportunities. In 2021 CARDBoard Project took one hundred and sixty-five individuals through the Virtual Call Center and the 10 Step Roadmap to Self-Sufficiency. 0 25425 The Mobile Empowerment Zone Program supplies high-speed Wi-Fi and on-site assistance at community events. The program assists clients in navigating through state and federal programs like the FCC ACP and Free COVID-19 Testing. Furthermore the program connects clients to community resources available to them. The Mobile Empowerment Zone also brings digital for up to 30 laptops simultaneously. The CARDBoard Connect Program enables those without digital devices or phones to access a voicemail service. The Education program teaches people about the challenges and barriers that the digital disconnected face and how to empower them and bring them to self-sufficiency. 0 13342 107920 X Armado Cantu Executive Director 60 1310 0 0 Thomas Cantu Treasurer Officer 2 0 0 0 Miaela Cantu Secretary 2 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false TX Stephan van Coppenole 4008 Calvary Drive Plano TX 75023 9725713202 false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 1990 17409 47741 109679 191031 367850 1990 17409 47741 109679 191031 367850 87884 279966 0 0 0 0 9 9 367859 0 0.7611 0.00 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, line 16 | Other Expenses:, Amount:| Advertising and promotion, $297.00| Office Expenses Bank fees food postage shipping etc, $12927.00| Information technology all IT related cost including the website, $11683.00| Other Program expenses- Program Costs-Other, $30931.00| Part II, line 26 | Liabilities Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Accounts Payable, 0, $3064|