Pima County trying to track down thousands of families who lost internet subsidy

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. It was especially important to get low-income families hooked up since their children would need to do their schoolwork from home. But Congress let the funding expire in April 2024 without allocating more money so as of June 1, subsidized internet was no longer available. Pima County (AZ) is trying to track down as many of those households as possible to let them know, that even if they’ve lost the subsidy, there are low-cost plans available if they qualify. And with school just around the corner for many of these families, now is not the time to lose the internet connections their children depend on.