Rooted in Innovation, Powered by Partnership: UIUC's Community-Centered Approach to Digital Inclusion How U of I's Community Data Clinic Is Bringing Digital Navigators to East Central Illinois Part of the Broadband READY Stories Series East Central Region | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) By: Robbie McBeath, Illinois Broadband Lab Community-focused digital inclusion has long been
From Campus to Community: ABE-LINC’s Model for Digital Navigation The ABE-LINC Project is Bringing Digital Navigators and Broadband Infrastructure To Chicago State University’s Southside Campus and Beyond Part of the Broadband READY Stories Series Northeast Region | Chicago State University By: Robbie McBeath, Illinois Broadband Lab In a city celebrated for its vibrant neighborhoods, many on
Illinois BEAD Map Challenge & Webinars The Illinois Broadband Lab and Illinois Office of Broadband are taking the next steps toward deploying $1.04 billion in federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funds to accelerate our efforts to connect all homes and businesses to modern high-speed internet. The BEAD Program requires states to allow
Wave 1 DECK Grant Awardees Announced DE Capacity Kickstarter Award Summaries Final PDF This past summer, the Illinois Office of Broadband launched the Digital Equity Capacity Kickstarter (DECK) Grant Program to sustain existing local initiatives and support other proven and pilot ideas ahead of federal Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program funding expected in late 2024.
URBANA - The Illinois Broadband Lab (IBL), a collaborative effort between the University of Illinois System and the Illinois Office of Broadband, recently concluded a three-month series of listening sessions across the state to better understand the challenges residents face in accessing reliable internet service. “In today’s world, internet access isn’t a privilege—it’s a right,”
