• U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department awarded the SEC its Year 2000 "Local Government Best Practices Award." HUD standards required winning programs to:

  • Generate a significant positive impact on those it serves.

  • Display creativity in addressing a problem.

  • Demonstrate effective leveraging of resources.

  • Demonstrate effective use of partnerships among government agencies, non-profit organizations, and the community.

• Leadership Houston  In 2001, Leadership Houston, Inc. recognized the SEC as an example of "Leadership in Action."

• University of Houston School of Technology Evaluation
  A study titled "Effectiveness of Volunteer Senior Adult Instructors in Delivery of Quality Computer Literacy Instruction to Senior Adults" concluded that major objectives for the Senior Education Center were being met and the instructional method used was very well suited to seniors' needs.

Volunteer Appreciation Reception

• Community Comments

  1. "The SEC is the best use of tax payer dollars I have seen since the enactment of the G.I. Bill at the end of World War II."  Edward Ebbs, program graduate and volunteer Teaching Assistant.

  2. The SEC is "a national model" for government service and collaboration.  George Rodriquez, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department.

  3. The SEC "deserves recognition because it demonstrates the power of partnerships between local government, the federal government, non-profit organizations and the community.  That collaborative spirit reflects the best of what government can and should be."  Bruce Austin, Director, Harris County Community Development.

  4. "This experience made me want to live again."  (80-something widow who successfully completed the basic computer course)