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City of Seattle Digital Equity Evaluation Plan
(Technology and Social Change Group, 2018-02-22)
Building on 20 years of work, in 2016 the City of Seattle published a Digital Equity Action Plan to help ensure all residents and neighborhoods have access to and are proficient in using digital technologies. In order to monitor and assess progress toward the plan’s goals,
the City worked with researchers from the iSchool ...
Measuring City of Seattle's Progress on Digital Equity
(Technology and Social Change Group, 2018-09-17)
As communities plan for and implement broadband adoption and digital inclusion or digital equity plans, they also need to clarify intended outcomes and measure impacts. The City of Seattle envisions the city as a place where technology’s opportunities equitably empower all residents and communities - especially for those who ...
Creating a Digital Bridge: Lessons and policy implications from a technology access and distribution program for low-income job seekers
(Technology & Social Change Group, 2021-08-03)
In the United States, lower income households are significantly less likely to have a computer or internet at home and were disproportionately impacted by the historic job losses in the Spring of 2020. In response, a Seattle-based workforce development nonprofit in partnership with the City of Seattle launched a program called ...
Digital Bridge: Providing Digital Access to Low-Income Job Seekers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Seattle Jobs Initiative, 2021-09-01)
The digital divide has long been recognized as a factor contributing to the economic marginalization of low-income communities, particularly Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color (BIPOC communities).1–7 The pandemic transformed the digital divide from a long-simmering issue to an immediate crisis as schools, ...
Creating a Digital Bridge: Lessons and policy implications from a technology access and distribution program for low-income job seekers
(Technology & Social Change Group, 2021-09-22)
Lower income households, significantly less likely to have a computer or internet at home, were disproportionately impacted by the historic job losses in the Spring of 2020. In response, a Seattle-based workforce development nonprofit in partnership with the City of Seattle launched a program called Digital Bridge. The program ...
Help is really necessary”: Case study of a technology distribution program for low-income job seekers
(Technology & Social Change Group, 2021-09-14)
Pre-pandemic, some job training incorporated technology access and digital literacy development for low-income job seekers but these were often neglected parts of programs and services. COVID-19 made them essential components and drove the rapid development and implementation of digital access efforts. Digital Bridge, created ...