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Cisco Partnership
In July 2003, the Cisco Systems Foundation awarded an impressive $2.5 million grant to Community Voice Mail’s National Office – the largest grant in our ten year history.
Community Voice Mail Receives $2.5 Million Award To Help Homeless and Phoneless Across the Nation
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"Community Voice Mail is a great example of what we look for in a partnership. They focus on the basic needs of underserved people and are incorporating Internet technology to create scaleable, more efficient solutions. It's very satisfying to know we are helping to offer thousands of people each year a tangible tool to reclaim their lives." -- Michael Yutrzenka, Executive Director Cisco Systems Foundation |
Cisco’s grant directly supports CVM’s 5 Year Plan.
Utilizing new technology based on the Unity product, we will be
able to:
• Reduce start-up costs for new sites dramatically
• Launch new sites up to 75% faster
• Raise enrollment by as much as 50% per site
• Eliminate time currently spent on technical troubleshooting
(up to 20%)
• Collaborate with thousands of Cisco volunteers and employees
nationwide
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"As a member of Congress and resident of the City of Seattle, I am proud that this creative, common-sense program to provide voice mail to homeless and phoneless people began here."
Jim McDermott 7th District U.S. House of Representatives |
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