Digital Inclusion
Projects in action
Civic Innovation Challenge – Connecting Underrepresented Youths with Employment Opportunities
This is a $1M National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to support the Kansas City region’s youth by boosting work readiness and cultivating occupational identities. The project will help young people access more opportunities through innovative civic technology and a youth-centered app, and by specifically studying the transportation behavior of youth, and offering shared-mobility options like bikes, transit, and micro-transit services.
Rural Breast Cancer Health Project
Using data-driven medical imaging to bring the best breast cancer care to rural communities that lack access to high quality care.
School of Nursing Metaversity
KC Digital Drive has teamed up with the University of Kansas School of Nursing to develop and pilot the implementation of a virtual, immersive nursing school program to broaden access for prospective students from rural and urban areas in order to support and get students practice- and patient-care ready for new nurses.
KC Goes Tech
New microgrant program helps expand the ability of community organizations to include digital training in their offerings, and to network more effectively with existing digital literacy providers.
Plays
- 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
New Report Provides Analysis on Federal Program’s Impact on KC Region
Get a snapshot of the region’s enrollment in the federally subsidized internet service program ACP, and better understand how the engagement activities from the digital inclusion ecosystem are impacting enrollment.
MO state broadband office to host digital access meetings for Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray Counties
The Mid-America Regional Council is hosting two meetings with the Missouri Office of Broadband Development on broadband and digital access in Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties on Nov 2nd and 3rd.
KC Digital Drive Awards $20,000 in Digital Literacy Micro-grants
KC Digital Drive announced its first cohort of micro-grant recipients for “KC Goes Tech,” a new program that helps community organizations teach digital skills, such as how to use email and stay safe online, and it connects participants to funding for home internet and a computer they can take home after completing 15 hours of training.