Arizona Western College has initiatives in place to promote digital equity and workforce training. They offer computer access to students and provide resources for digital skill development. Additionally, the college collaborates with local businesses and organizations to create workforce training programs aligned with industry needs.
The Arizona Telemedicine Program promotes telehealth services by facilitating access to healthcare providers, telemedicine networks, and training programs. They play a crucial role in advancing healthcare delivery through the use of technology and remote healthcare services.
Mil Geospatial LLC, is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) consulting firm, recognized as a small business and a minority owned enterprise located in Phoenix metro area.
Connected Journeys: Stories of Broadband and Digital Equity
This page contains a StoryMap with analysis of changes from June 2023 dataset to December 2023 dataset.
Mapping Broadband Health in America is a novel, interactive mapping platform created by the Connect2HealthFCC Task Force.
The Connect2HealthFCC Task Force’s (C2H Task Force) Advancing Broadband Connectivity as a Social Determinant of Health Initiative is based, in part, on the Task Force’s prior and ongoing research and analytics showing a significant correlation between increasing broadband access and improved health outcomes.
NDIA created a low-cost internet ratings system, NDIA Grading Internet for Good (GIG), to evaluate low-cost plans’ affordability and quality. Low-cost plans are graded using a rubric and given a Good, Better, or Best rating.
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Aug 6, 2024
In 2021 when the pandemic was raging, President Joe Biden led a bipartisan effort to pass the Affordable Connectivity Program as part of the Infrastructure Act so low-income families would have subsidized internet service.
Senior Planet is about much more than the latest gadgets, apps, and websites. We are a nonprofit organization that brings older adults together. Our free classes, articles, videos, and activities help seniors learn new skills, save money, exercise, make new friends, and so much more. Here’s what you can explore daily with Senior Planet: Online classes, Toll-free national tech hotline, original articles for older adults, our social media platform Senior Planet Community, additional resources, like tech tip videos, how to use Zoom, and more!
Learn the technology, land your dream job. Ready to begin, change, or propel your career? Cisco Networking Academy offers certification-aligned courses in topics like cybersecurity, networking, and Python.
The American Indian Policy Institute is home to the newly formed Center for Tribal Digital Sovereignty, formed in partnership with the National Congress of American Indians. This Center is the first and only one in the nation dedicated to helping tribal governments, leadership, and communities understand the complexities of digital sovereignty. It provides access to resources and serves as a clearinghouse for tribal digital sovereignty. The center works towards the following goals and concepts: scholarship, capacity building, policy research and advocacy, and forming a coalition of organizations that work together to support tribes.
Through ARPA Funding, the goal is to connect every Yavapai County residence, business, and community anchor institution with high-speed internet. Read more about how Yavapai County Board of Supervisors approved $16,883,047 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to provide access to high-speed Internet to 13,794 locations across Yavapai County.
The Telecommunications Education Center [TEC] is a dynamic learning program devoted to improving education, quality of work, and safety within the telecommunications industry created by the world’s leading authority on all things wireless, the Wireless Infrastructure Association.
TIRAP is a federally recognized, competency-based apprenticeship program. WIA is the DOL’s designated Industry Intermediary for Registered Apprenticeship in the telecommunications industry. Through TIRAP, WIA provides technical assistance, training resources, support, and access to incentive funding for our registered Employer Sponsors.
WIA specializes in working with government, education, and industry stakeholders to develop workforce solutions for the broadband industry. We are a hub for broadband workforce training and apprenticeship resources.
The Arizona Memory Project (AMP) helps researchers discover information related to the history and government of Arizona by providing access to primary sources in Arizona archives, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions
Lending Library: including audio books and magazines; movies with audio descriptions; and Braille books and magazines by postage free mail (KLAS); loan of special equipment to play audio books; audio and Braille book downloads (BARD); and access to NFB-NEWSLINE® and over 300 newspapers and magazines by phone and online
June 18, 2024
Phoenix’s plan, if approved, would add a new section to the city code to provide the rules for licensing and transactions between the city and companies who build and operate fiber-optic networks.
Jun 14, 2023
The Biden administration on June 12 announced it will send $714 million to help rural areas in 19 states connect to the internet, including $25 million for the Colorado River Indian Tribes.
The Community Broadband Networks (CBN) initiative is a program of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, a national research and advocacy nonprofit focused on fighting corporate control and building an American economy driven by local priorities. CBN works with a diverse group of allies, partners, and local communities on policies to improve local Internet access. We also research and document what communities around the country are doing to improve access to high-quality broadband networks.
A collective public/private campaign aimed at eliminating the gap between Tucsonans who have access to telecommunications – and the educational, economic, and social advantages connectivity brings – and those who do not. A project fund of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, the coalition for Tucson Connected works together to deliver strategies that reduce and eliminate historical barriers to technology access and use.
T-Mobile has taken steps to address digital equity through its "Project 10 Million," which offers free internet access and mobile devices to eligible students and their families. The program aims to bridge the homework gap and provide equitable access to educational resources.
Televerde Foundation’s mission is to provide currently and formerly incarcerated women with the personal and professional development programs necessary to successfully join and advance in the global workforce. Their approach inspires creativity, imagination, self-confidence, and social skills while addressing issues that cause recidivism. They enable women to break the generational cycle of poverty and incarceration by becoming positive role models to change the lives of future generations and build stronger communities.