State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit

The National Consumer Law Center and the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry produced a new State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit that contains resources to help frontline groups that are working to provide broadband and communication assistance to incarcerated people, people with disabilities, low-income households, veterans, aging and rural populations, people facing language barriers, members of a racial or ethnic minority, and other underserved groups. The State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit is available free of charge to help advocates navigate the new assistance programs created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Digital Equity Act (or DEA). The IIJA provides an unprecedented $42 billion opportunity to build out broadband infrastructure to unserved and underserved areas in the states and territories. The $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act provides funding to states, territories and a wide-array of organizations for digital skills training and equipment to close the digital divide. The State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit is designed to help advocates seize this opportunity to shape their state’s plans to ensure that these investments meet the needs of under-resourced communities.