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Advancing Health-Centered Digital Inclusion: Highlights from the January KC Coalition for Digital Inclusion Meeting
The January 2026 meeting of the Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion explored the critical intersection of healthcare and digital access. Featuring presentations from KC Digital Drive, Heartland Wellness Connection, and Care Beyond the Boulevard, the session highlighted how digital navigation is being embedded into clinical and social care to address health disparities and the social drivers of health.
How San Antonio Used a Digital Divide Simulation to Align Community Leaders
In September 2025, SA Digital Connects, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), and digitalLIFT partnered with KC Digital Drive to host a Digital Divide Simulation in San Antonio, Texas. The immersive experience convened more than 60 civic, healthcare, nonprofit, philanthropic, and institutional leaders from across San Antonio and Bexar County to explore how digital exclusion compounds barriers across healthcare, workforce development, education, and public services.
Digital Inclusion Is Civic Infrastructure: What 2025 Taught Us
In 2025, digital inclusion stopped being about programs alone. It became unmistakably clear that it functions as civic infrastructure—essential for accessing health care, education, work, and public systems, and dependent on coordination, trust, and sustained human support to work at scale.
Building Partnerships That Bridge the Digital Divide: Highlights from the Third Friday December 2025 Coalition Meeting
The December 2025 Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion meeting showcased powerful partnerships addressing digital equity across the metro. From AT&T’s Connected Learning Center launch at Boys & Girls Clubs to ArtsTech’s innovative youth IT training programs, local organizations are collaborating to ensure every Kansas City resident has access to technology, connectivity, and the skills needed to thrive in the digital age.
2025 Year In Review: Growing the Digital Literacy Ecosystem through the Digital Skills Instructors Learning Circle
Supporting digital skills trainers and navigators helps build an expansive local training system
Bridging the Digital Future: Youth Coding, Digital Storytelling, and City Strategy at the November KC Coalition Meeting
Local Nonprofits Bridge Gaps between Youth and Coding
Get Help KC Offers Community Resources and Support for Online Tasks
Inaugural event convenes service providers to lend a digital hand for everyday people
The Five Dimensions of the 2025 AnchorNets Conference
SHLB Coalition Hosts Annual Conference Conversing Around Technology Advancements and Sparking National Efforts for Sustainable Funding
Keeping up with AI Innovation: Reflections from October’s Meeting of KC Coalition for Digital Inclusion
Community leaders from KC Digital Drive, Women’s Employment Network, Strategic Workforce Development, Inc., and Generations on Line shared ways to educate the public and especially workforce to navigate AI tools safely and effectively to catch up with all that artificial intelligence innovation has to offer.
From Research to Action: How Federal Reserve Banks Elevate Research to Bridge the Digital Divide Around the Country
Last month, six Federal Reserve Banks co-hosted the Digital Access Research Forum, which brought together hundreds of researchers, policymakers, and community practitioners from across the country to discuss issues like digital access in rural areas and the economic impacts of digital inclusion. The event was held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and facilitated impactful conversations around digital access research.