The Shapiro Administration is working to make sure each Pennsylvanian can entry dependable, reasonably priced, high-speed web, main to raised well being, training, and financial outcomes.
Pennsylvania’s remaining disbursement of American Rescue Plan Capital Mission Funding will assist fulfill the Commonwealth’s Digital Fairness Plan to offer “Web for All.”
Harrisburg, PA – In one other stride towards reaching President Joe Biden and Governor Josh Shapiro’s purpose of offering high-speed, reasonably priced “Web for All”, the Shapiro Administration at present introduced that Pennsylvania has secured $20 million federal funding to offer expertise gadgets equivalent to laptops for distribution to varsities, libraries, municipalities, workforce coaching organizations, and different non-profits who could make them out there to people that lack the expertise wanted to entry the web.
The American Rescue Plan Capital Tasks Funding will allow the Pennsylvania Broadband Improvement Authority (PBDA) to buy and distribute the gadgets, a key part of its digital connectivity program.
“When communities don’t have dependable broadband entry, they typically depend on anchor establishments like libraries, colleges, and group facilities to offer it,” mentioned Brandon Carson, Government Director of the Pennsylvania Broadband Improvement Authority. “With that comes a necessity for up to date sources, together with high quality gadgets. With this funding the Commonwealth will launch a brand new program to assist guarantee youngsters and adults alike have the expertise they should be taught remotely, entry telemedicine, and totally take part in our digital financial system.”
Pennsylvania’s digital connectivity program is being developed with enter from group stakeholders, and the Commonwealth is within the technique of growing a streamlined method to buy and distribute the gadgets to group companions like small libraries and municipalities.” PBDA anticipates opening this system later in 2024.
Throughout Pennsylvania greater than 276,000 households, companies, colleges, and libraries don’t have entry to broadband. By means of the federal Broadband Fairness, Entry, and Deployment (BEAD) Program the Commonwealth will obtain greater than $1.16 billion in federal funding to develop broadband in unserved and underserved areas to ensure each Pennsylvanian has entry to reasonably priced, high-speed web.
Along with the BEAD funding, the Commonwealth additionally obtained $200 million in funding by the Capital Tasks Fund Broadband Infrastructure Program to attach unserved/underserved areas and $45 million by the Multi-Goal Neighborhood Amenities Program for group tasks to assemble, purchase, or enhance amenities which are open to the general public and can straight allow work, training, and well being monitoring.
Thanks to those vital investments, the Shapiro Administration now has the sources it wants to attach Pennsylvanians to the web and guarantee they’ll go to high school, begin and develop companies, and entry telemedicine regardless of the place they dwell.
Go to the Pennsylvania Broadband Improvement Authority’s web site to be taught extra about its work to shut the digital divide within the Commonwealth.
For extra details about the Division of Neighborhood and Financial Improvement, go to DCED web site, and make sure you keep up-to-date with all of our company information on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Penny Ickes, [email protected]
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Pennsylvania’s remaining disbursement of American Rescue Plan Capital Mission Funding will assist fulfill the Commonwealth’s Digital Fairness Plan to offer “Web for All.”
Harrisburg, PA – In one other stride towards reaching President Joe Biden and Governor Josh Shapiro’s purpose of offering high-speed, reasonably priced “Web for All”, the Shapiro Administration at present introduced that Pennsylvania has secured $20 million federal funding to offer expertise gadgets equivalent to laptops for distribution to varsities, libraries, municipalities, workforce coaching organizations, and different non-profits who could make them out there to people that lack the expertise wanted to entry the web.
The American Rescue Plan Capital Tasks Funding will allow the Pennsylvania Broadband Improvement Authority (PBDA) to buy and distribute the gadgets, a key part of its digital connectivity program.
“When communities don’t have dependable broadband entry, they typically depend on anchor establishments like libraries, colleges, and group facilities to offer it,” mentioned Brandon Carson, Government Director of the Pennsylvania Broadband Improvement Authority. “With that comes a necessity for up to date sources, together with high quality gadgets. With this funding the Commonwealth will launch a brand new program to assist guarantee youngsters and adults alike have the expertise they should be taught remotely, entry telemedicine, and totally take part in our digital financial system.”
Pennsylvania’s digital connectivity program is being developed with enter from group stakeholders, and the Commonwealth is within the technique of growing a streamlined method to buy and distribute the gadgets to group companions like small libraries and municipalities.” PBDA anticipates opening this system later in 2024.
Throughout Pennsylvania greater than 276,000 households, companies, colleges, and libraries don’t have entry to broadband. By means of the federal Broadband Fairness, Entry, and Deployment (BEAD) Program the Commonwealth will obtain greater than $1.16 billion in federal funding to develop broadband in unserved and underserved areas to ensure each Pennsylvanian has entry to reasonably priced, high-speed web.
Along with the BEAD funding, the Commonwealth additionally obtained $200 million in funding by the Capital Tasks Fund Broadband Infrastructure Program to attach unserved/underserved areas and $45 million by the Multi-Goal Neighborhood Amenities Program for group tasks to assemble, purchase, or enhance amenities which are open to the general public and can straight allow work, training, and well being monitoring.
Thanks to those vital investments, the Shapiro Administration now has the sources it wants to attach Pennsylvanians to the web and guarantee they’ll go to high school, begin and develop companies, and entry telemedicine regardless of the place they dwell.
Go to the Pennsylvania Broadband Improvement Authority’s web site to be taught extra about its work to shut the digital divide within the Commonwealth.
For extra details about the Division of Neighborhood and Financial Improvement, go to DCED web site, and make sure you keep up-to-date with all of our company information on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Penny Ickes, [email protected]
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