Topics Related to Digital Divide

N.C. Households Can Get Help with Monthly Internet Bills from Federal Program

North Carolina households can get help paying for monthly internet service starting in May from a $3.2 billion federal COVID-19 relief program.

State Technology Agency Releases First-of-Its-Kind Resource to Help Communities Create Digital Opportunity Plans 

BIO releases "Digital Inclusion Plan Template and Guide" to assist communities in digital opportunity planning.

State Broadband Office Publishes Homework Gap Report

Eric Boyette, secretary of the N.C. Department of Information Technology and state chief information officer, announced today the release of the “The Homework Gap in North Carolina,” a report that provides communities with strategies to bridge the homework gap that occurs when students are assigned homework that requires internet access but lack an internet connection at home.