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DALLAS - On March 10, 2023, the City of Dallas was awarded $700,000 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through the Affordable Connectivity Program Outreach Grant Program (ACP Outreach Grant Program) to facilitate the promotion and awareness of and participation in the Affordable Connectivity Program among eligible households.
The ACP Outreach Grant Program enlists partners nationwide to serve as trusted community messengers and provides partners with the funding and resources to implement innovative strategies to reach historically underserved and unserved communities. The ACP continues to play an integral role in helping to bridge the broadband affordability gap.
The City served as lead applicant in a collaborative application with Dallas County, Dallas Independent School District, and Dallas Housing Authority and proposed a widespread engagement and outreach campaign to reach millions of residents served by all our agencies. The campaign will utilize a broad range of media strategies to drive attendance to in-person ACP enrollment events staffed by the City’s Digital Navigators Program. The funding will also allow partners to support the informal network of information disseminators of nonprofits and other community-based organization to reach unconnected communities.
To read the full FCC announcement, visit (https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-66m-affordable-broadband-outreach-grants). To sign up for the City’s Digital Equity Newsletter or learn more about what the City is doing to bridge the digital divide, visit bit.ly/dallasdigitaldivide
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