1. The Swift School
“My Child Has What?!”
Tech-Know-
Tech-Know-Logical Lab

2. Description of Agency
• The Swift School provides education
for students ages 5 to 12 with
dyslexia and related language-based
learning differences with skills to be
successful in life.

3. Description of Proposed
Project
• The Swift School plans to use the grant to partially fund
(69%) a weekly Assistive Technology computer lab for
the cost of the instructor, construction, equipment,
software and marketing. Instruction will be offered to
currently enrolled Swift School students, Swift School
alumni, and to the public as part of the “My Child Has
What?” community outreach and education program. The
proposed project will help parents and students learn to
identify, select, and successfully use Assistive
Technologies. Assistive Technologies include speech to
text and text to speech programs, content mapping and
assistive writing software.
• The are no schools in the area providing education and
training on assistive technologies open to the public.

4. Project Costs and CG
Grant Request
• % of Expense for Programs 69%
(higher is better)
• % of Expense for Administration 31%
(lower is better)
• % of Expense for Fundraising 0%
(lower is better)
• Unrestricted Net Assets $506,388
• NO PREVIOUS FUNDING PROVIDED

5. Project Costs and CG
Grant Request
• Staffing $44,80
• Construction $2,500
• Equipment – plus12 donated laptops $3,060
• Software $6,000
• Marketing $1,500
• Total Cost $57,860
NO PREVIOUS GC FUNDING

6. Agency Strengths
• The Swift School considers their students,
families, teachers, and administrators to be their
greatest strengths.
• There is great passion and enthusiasm for helping
students function well in and out of school with
tangible reminders of success.
• The school is committed to projects that will
provide support for students and all who seek help
by building confidence, self-esteem, self-reliance
and skills that go beyond the school’s walls.

7. Agency Challenges
• Their greatest challenges come from
their goal to grow into the premier
school for dyslexia in the Atlanta
area and offer students and the
community the greatest opportunity
for success. This growth is
contingent upon funding from sources
outside their tuition revenue stream.