Southwest Youth and Family Services will received a city technology matching grant of $8,100 for its computer lab.

Low-income teens working to re-enter high school and English language learners will attend computer-based instruction at the agency's Southwest Computer Lab to improve technology skills and academic achievement in math, science and writing.

The projects will offer participants the chance to learn essential workforce skills, explore community issues, practice Internet safety, gain citizenship skills and increase access to student information from Seattle Public Schools. The organizations awarded funding will match the city's dollars with more than $326,000 in community contributions,

Including volunteer labor, professional services and donated equipment and software.

The Technology Matching Fund was established in 1997 to support community efforts to close the digital divide and encourage the use of information technologies for civic engagement.