Biden-Harris Administration Approves and Recommends for Award Connecticut’s Digital Equity Capacity Grant Application for More Than $9 Million

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved and recommended for award an application from Connecticut, allowing the state to request access to more than $9 million to implement its Digital Equity Plan. This funding comes from the $1.44 billion State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, one of three Digital Equity Act grant programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Connecticut will use the $9,183,114 in funding to implement key digital equity initiatives, including:

• Create an urban and rural Digital Navigator Pilot program
• Develop a digital equity curriculum covering basic digital literacy, online safety, digital citizenship, information literacy and the use of AI tools
• Create a searchable database that identifies and categorizes digital equity resources