by Ryan Collins | Nov 27, 2023 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps, Policy
The ACP recently reached a new high of 22 million households benefitting from the program. However, those households are now all at risk of losing internet access if the program loses funding. To help Congressional members understand the repercussions if Congress...
by Lo Smith | Jul 24, 2023 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps
This month, we mark three years since NDIA first introduced the “digital navigator” model. The first NDIA Digital Navigator Working Group met in April 2020 and worked quickly, with the pandemic and lockdown fueling the urgency to solve digital inequities. By July...
by Amanda Madden | Nov 30, 2022 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps
AMERIND and Cayuse Native Solutions Share Digital Inclusion Progress in Tribes Throughout Native American Heritage Month, our amazing partners at AMERIND Critical Infrastructure provided us with information on how Tribal entities continue to strive for digital...
by Angela Siefer | Sep 7, 2022 | Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) announced today 18 grant recipient organizations, who will together launch the National Digital Navigator Corps. The grants are part of $10 million of support from Google.org, which will go toward hiring community-based...
by Abi Waldrupe | Apr 19, 2022 | Digital Inclusion Corps Field Reports, Digital Inclusion News, Digital Navigator, National Digital Navigator Corps
A couple weeks ago, Angela Siefer, NDIA’s executive director, and I found ourselves with hands full of sticky notes in a “zombie shelter” constructed of shipping containers on a ranch in the southern California desert. Handwritten on each sticky note was one barrier...
