Centri Tech Foundation

To promote digital advancement (that is, a new mindset to leverage investments in digital access and adoption to promote economic justice in the digital economy), the Digital Integrators Pilot Program recommends the following actions for stakeholders:

The Centri Tech Foundation launched the Digital Advancement Municipal Index (Muni Index), which uses 16 indicators from four categories – technology, socioeconomics, education, and housing – to capture and compare a city's overall prosperity and digital equity metrics across 308 US cities with populations over 100,000 people. The interactive digital tool offers city leaders seeking to achieve digital advancement a clearer perspective on the greatest opportunities to drive impact in their communities.

Centri Tech Foundation (CTF) announced that community development nonprofit organizations in five US cities were awarded more than $195,000 to foster programmatic innovations that promote a more equitable digital economy. Together, the grantees have demonstrated success in closing the digital divide in Boston, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington (DC).