The Community of Madrid has trained 6,250 children and adolescents in vulnerable social situations in digital skills between 2024 and the first half of 2026. Through the TIC y TAC program, technological activities are offered to reinforce their learning, reduce the digital divide, and help families create increasingly secure digital environments.
The Regional Ministry of Family, Youth and Social Affairs, through the General Directorate of Childhood, Family and Promotion of Natality, collaborates with the Sanders Foundation to develop this service. It is part of the regional government's I+I Program for comprehensive intervention with minors at social risk. During this period, 606 training actions have been carried out in 28 of the 51 specialized I+I centers of the regional administration, benefiting 3,215 girls and 3,035 boys aged between 6 and 17 years.
These young people participate in workshops on robotics, programming, 3D printing, digital creativity, and artificial intelligence. These activities familiarize them with technologies with significant future projection and develop key skills such as logical thinking, fundamental for their academic and professional future.
The program also includes content focused on digital prevention and well-being, addressing issues such as respectful interaction on social media, digital coexistence, privacy, digital identity, self-esteem, responsible screen use, and the risks of technological violence.
Looking ahead, the current agreement also includes a pilot project to develop this program within social service consortia and municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants that do not have an I+I center.
