Miami County Connectivity Council
The Miami County Connectivity Council (MCCC) is an open, collaborative group of organizations committed to ensuring access to the internet and the ability to engage the digital world throughout Miami County, Kansas.
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Projects in action
Digital Life Exchange (DLX)
The Digital Life Exchange (DLX) is a consortium of direct-service organizations and resource providers committed to active collaboration to better meet the digital needs of vulnerable and underserved populations across the greater Kansas City metro area.
Our Healthy Jackson County
Our Health Jackson County is a large scale community initiative led by the Health Equity Institute at the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) set out to bring health services directly into communities, reaching residents where they live, work, play, and worship.
Digital Inclusion Resource Library
The Digital Inclusion Resource Library page is a hub for community members, organizations, and more to share their resources to make a more digitally inclusive world. This includes up-to-date digital skills programming in the Kansas City area, as well as information on low cost devices and middle skills training.
Missouri Assistive Technology Demo Site
Missouri Assistive Technology – a federally funded 21st Century Assistive Technology Act Program – has designated the LAMP Campus computer lab as a demonstration site for adaptive, assistive technology (AT) for computer access. The demo site showcases a collaboration between Missouri Assistive Technology and KC Digital Drive, and is designed to create an expanded and more inclusive use of tech to help community organizations meet their clients where they are, and to be able to explore new ways to improve their digital life through assistive tech.
Digital Divide Simulation
The Digital Divide Simulation is a new experiential event designed to illustrate the real-life impact and compounding challenges faced by individuals with limited access to technology. The event asks participants to step into a persona’s shoes and experience their life through a well-articulated sequence of activities and obstacles.
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- Digital Skills Training
- Mesh Wi-fi Networks
- Computers in the Home
- Fiber to the Community
- Community Education and Awareness
- Digital Infrastructure
- Home Internet Access
News
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.
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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.