2026 Techquity Investment Areas
July 6, 2026
Individuals and families without access to computers or the internet struggle to stay connected in our technology-driven world.
Access to technology is access to possibility.
When people get connected, everything changes. Students can log in, learn, and thrive. Job seekers can apply, interview, and get hired. Families can access healthcare, benefits, and critical services without unnecessary barriers.
Today, being connected is not a nice-to-have. It’s essential.
meet the organizations selected for 2026-27 investments:
La Casa de Esperanza, Inc.
Counties Served: Milwaukee, Ozaukee. Washington, and Waukesha
Aligned Work: La Casa de Esperanza’s Center for Financial Stability delivers beginner-level digital skills training designed for adults with limited or no prior computer experience. Training consists of approximately 6 sessions, 90 minute per session, delivered over 3–4 week in small-group cohorts in English and Spanish. Individualized coaching will be available for participants requiring extra assistance.
Milwaukee Community Crossroads
County Served: Milwaukee
Aligned Work: Milwaukee Community Crossroads (MCC) offers digital literacy skills to older adults and residents whose primary language is not English. Sessions will be small group formats approximately 45 minutes in length. MCC also supports the wider Muskego Way neighborhood community thorough general community sessions.
Milwaukee Community Service Corps, Inc. (MCSC)
Counties Served: Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha
Aligned Work: Milwaukee Community Service Corps provides digital literacy classes to address the most common digital barriers observed among job seekers. Instructions are small cohort-based training delivered over 2-3 weeks. One on one support, make up classes, and further technology support will be available for participants throughout their time receiving any job development and certification from MCSC.
My Way Out, Inc.
Counties Served: Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha
Aligned Work: My Way Out brings digital skills training to justice-impacted adults. Small group 4-week cohort based digital skills training sessions are paced to support individuals returning from long term incarceration with limited or no recent technology exposure. Instruction provides hands on practice and real-world application to support confident real-world readiness to use digital tools independently.
Serving Older Adults of Southeastern Wisconsin
County Served: Milwaukee
Aligned Work: Serving Older Adults has a documented history of providing digital literacy training to older adults. Training options include structures classes and non-structured lab time, bring your own device sessions, one-time themed sessions, and slow-paced accessible sessions.
Vision Forward Association Inc.
Counties Served: Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha
Aligned Work: Vision Forward supports individuals who are blind or visually impaired and provides assistive technology and adaptive skill training. Vision Forward provides fully individualized one-on-one training for 8-12 weeks. Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist provide personalized, outcome driven digital skills instruction for adults with varying degrees of vision, learning styles, and goals.
Wisconsin Chinese Chamber of Commerce
County Served: Milwaukee
Aligned Work: Wisconsin Chinese Chamber of Commerce delivers digital literacy and digital marketing cohort-based training. These programs tiered pathways from foundational computer skills to advance digital operations. Trainings are offered in a hybrid format in English, Chines, and Hmong. On going support and follow-up is provided for all participants.
YWCA Southeast Wisconsin
County Served: Milwaukee
Aligned Work: YWCA digital literacy is embedded in HSED and GED instruction as well as offered as a separate learning opportunity. YWCA is working collaboratively with other education partners to offer digital literacy classes, drop-in sessions, and one on one support, in English and Spanish both online and virtually. YWCA works with collocated hub tenants to host collaborative digital literacy focused events and device distribution.
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