Project Title:
Stockbridge-Munsee Community Broadband Connectivity Project
Stockbridge-Munsee Community Broadband Connectivity Project
Funding Program:
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Project Purpose/Type:
This Broadband Use and Adoption project will aid Native American households, many of whom are low-income families, in overcoming the financial barriers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by providing tablets and prepaid broadband service for one year.
State(s):
Wisconsin
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$499,571.00Funding Amount
- Purchase and distribute tablets to Tribal members.
- Prepaid broadband service for one year.
- The project will provide free broadband service to prevent disconnection of existing broadband service.
- By improving the affordability and access to broadband services for the community, the project will stimulate the adoption and use of broadband for telehealth, remote learning, telework and entrepreneurship, economic growth, and job creation.
- Broadband access will increase the digital skills and workforce capacity in the Native American community.
- 163 Native American elderly and immunocompromised individuals are receiving tablets for telehealth purposes.
- 650 Native American households will receive prepaid broadband residential services for one year.