The Wisconsin Advanced Telecommunications Foundation (WATF) Board of Directors announces its cash and in-kind awards: $324,848 in cash grants and $83,374 in in-kind grant to:

Higher Education - Lincoln County UW-Extension - $30,550 cash to develop a centralized information source for family and youth resources/services for Lincoln County residents. Access to this information will be via a web site and kiosks located in communities in the county.

Government - Pierce County Public Health - $49,340 cash to increase employee access to efficient and reliable sources of health information through both an automated records system and a geographical mapping system.

Government - Verona Police Department - $17,921 in-kind to establish an ElderWatch program for senior citizens, in which they would be contacted each day to be sure they are safe and well.

Public K-12 - Waunakee Community School District - $50,000 cash, $5,000 in-kind. More Tech...Less Text - to provide funds for classroom technology and infrastructure to support increased opportunities for students in a "technology rich" classroom.

Public K-12 - Lancaster Community Schools - $11,000 in-kind for hardware, software and curriculum to teach Internet publishing including web pages and interactive web forms to Tech Ed students at Lancaster middle school.

Public K-12 - La Crosse School District - $45,206 cash, $9,685 in-kind to provide a connection to the classroom for students who are homebound due to serious injury or illness via video communications.

Public K-12 - Shawano-Gresham School District - $7,118 in-kind for credit for multi-mode fiber installed by Frontier Communications.

Public K-12- Marinette School District - $50,000 cash for acquisition of a telecommunication and information technology lab at the middle school for the integration of music and academic/elective studies.

Public K-12- St. Croix Falls School District - $49,250 cash to develop and implement a hands-on environmental science curriculum K-12, through the use of advanced technology at the Riegel Park site in St. Croix Falls.

Public K-12 - New Richmond School District - $20,000 in-kind to provide the necessary cable, wire, equipment and technical expertise to establish a data/voice/cable network in two elementary schools; and provide training to students and faculty.

Private K-12 - Agape Center of Academic Excellence, Inc. - $37,500 cash to engage teaching and administrative staff in the process of planning and implementation of the technology plan for Agape.

Private K-12 - St. Francis Xavier School - $13,002 cash, $6,450 in-kind to create an infrastructure connecting all classrooms, offices and library in the school to facilitate data exchange, school e-mail, Internet e-mail, access library resources, diocesan resources and resources from the WWW.

Private K-12 - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School - $6,200 in-kind to install a computer lab LAN, digital project panel (LCD) and software to aid teaching. This will be the first step in implementing technology.