Overview and Guide
How to Use the Outline
The purpose of this Outline is to provide an easy and efficient tool for Local Governments to develop a Strategic Action Plan for Digital Equity without a big expense or long time delay. A working version of a Plan can be developed by existing staff within a few hours by gathering baseline data on: (a) Deployment: Unserved and Underserved households (a measure of the availability of high-speed Internet infrastructure, referred to generically as “broadband” including both wireline and wireless networks); and (b) Adoption: Unconnected and Underconnected households (a measure of the number of residents who have no home Internet service, referred to as Unconnected, and those who have only a smartphone, referred to as Underconnected). These data are foundational for setting Deployment and Adoption Goals for a Strategic Action Plan.
OUTLINE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Strategic Action Plan for Digital Equity Working Outline – see the framework for action. There needs to be a thoughtful focus on assessing the Deployment and Adoption needs in order to optimize success, if too much time and resources are consumed in planning without getting to “doing” the digitally-disadvantaged still are left behind.
ECOSYSTEM FOR STATEWIDE COLLABORATION
Ecosystem for a Statewide Collaboration describes a Digital Equity Ecosystem CETF first developed in 2019 and updated with all the experience and data derived from Direct Notification and the Call Center operations during ACP. The data sets on pages 8-10 can be applied to any Local Government (one of the tables also is in the Strategic Action Plan Outline).
Digital Literacy Overview is part of the Digital Equity Ecosystem, contains the Self-Assessment Tool which is vital to ensure common metrics statewide.
Digital Navigator Toolkit describes Digital Navigator Training (20 hours).
COMPARISON: ACP-ELIGIBLE HHS TO CDT PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS
