BATON ROUGE - As the new school year begins in Baton Rouge, a local non-profit is stepping up to close the digital gap by putting affordable computers into the hands of families who need them most.

According to the Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC), nearly one in four Louisiana households doesn’t own a computer, and almost a third lack access to high-speed internet. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for at-home technology has surged as more students receive online assignments, making having a computer at home a necessity rather than a luxury.

“Post-COVID era has been pretty tech-forward,” said Michael Rachal, Executive Director of CACRC. "Now students get computers for school, but they have to leave them at school, or whenever school is out, they don't get to have a

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