NDIA introduces new National Digital Navigator Corps!

Yesterday at the Net Inclusion conference NDIA announced

We’re Advancing Digital Equity with a Multi-Year Commitment to Rural & Tribal Communities That Will Impact Thousands
Over four years, this $10 million grant and the National Digital Navigator Corps will have a wide impact on the ground in rural and Tribal communities and a long-lasting impact on digital inclusion:
We will be equipped to formalize the Digital Navigator model.

We will gain insight from data collection with partner sites.

AMERIND will gain a staff member dedicated to digital equity in Tribal lands.

Assets will be publicly available to expand and scale Digital Navigator work nationwide.

This entry was posted in Digital Divide, Funding, Tribal Programs by Ann Treacy. Bookmark the permalink.

About Ann Treacy

Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (blandinonbroadband.org), hosts a radio show on MN music (mostlyminnesota.com), supports people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota (elimstrongtowershelters.org) and helps with social justice issues through Women’s March MN.

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