Sioux Falls immigrants to get computer training

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SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Immigrants in South Dakota's largest city will be getting help with computer training to aid in their adaptation to their new country.

The nonprofit Sioux Falls Diversity Council is opening a resource center in a local mall early next year. Council President Andre Oliver says it will have 12 computers with Internet access. Faculty from Colorado Technical University and Augustana College will help with the training.

Oliver tells the media that immigrants face several hurdles, including learning a new language. He says the inability to function at a computer keyboard is another.

Oliver says the center also will be available to low-income residents and anyone who has missed "the technology bandwagon." Clients will pay a $30 fee that they will get back when they finish the training.

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