Four Ways to Promote Digital Inclusion for California's Workers

To support workers and industries now and in a Future of Work transformed by technological changes, policymakers should invest in digital skill building for quality jobs, as well as access to broadband and digital devices. Recommendations for promoting digital inclusion for California's workers:

1. Create a new digital equity grant program for those most impacted by the pandemic economy.
2. Expand the use of existing adult education funds to support digital skill building.
3. Ensure that digital skill building is an explicitly permitted use of existing workforce development grant programs.
4. Utilize federal funds to provide digital skill building, device access, and digital support for workers in workforce development programs.