Biden-Harris Administration Awards $72 Million to Expand Internet Access and Digital Literacy for Native Hawaiians

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) more than $72 million from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program to expand high-speed Internet access and adoption in Native Hawaiian households. The nearly $3 billion Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All Initiative. This grant to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands marks the first award from the second round of funding, which made nearly $1 billion available for the deployment of Internet infrastructure on Tribal Lands, affordability programs, telehealth and distance learning initiatives. The $72,708,711 award will fund both Internet infrastructure deployment and Internet adoption projects to connect unserved Native Hawaiian households to high-speed Internet service.