Where are families taking advantage of the home broadband discount?

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Eaton, Kristi (author)
    Format:
    Online Article
    Publication Date:
    2022-03-30
    URL:
    https://dailyyonder.com/where-are-families-taking-advantage-of-the-home-broadband-discount/2022/03/30/
    Published:
    United States: Daily Yonder
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12621
    Journal Title Details:
    Online
    Subject Term:
    cost recovery, government services, Internet, low-income families, rural communication, rural development, rural development programs, digital divide, broadband, cost management, Internet access, federal funding, rural networks, cost defrayment, and discount
    Notes:
    3 pgs, A new mapping tool shows where households have taken advantage of a federal stimulus program that defrays some of the cost of broadband for lower-income Americans.The tool, which was created through a partnership between Rural LISC and the nonpartisan nonprofit Heartland Forward, was designed to help target families that may qualify for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) but who aren’t participating.

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