Digital Access for All Idahoans (DAAI) Connecting Communities Grant 2024

Digital Access for All Idahoans (DAAI) Connecting Communities Grant 2024 is sponsored by Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL). This grant provides laptops and accessories to eligible entities across Idaho to enhance digital inclusion, equity, and literacy efforts.

Euna Grants - Idaho Commission for Libraries - The Digital Access for All Idahoans (DAAI) Connecting Communities Grant 2024 The Digital Access for All Idahoans (DAAI) Connecting Communities Grant 2024 The Digital Access for All Idahoans (DAAI) Connecting Communities Grant 2024 The Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) is pleased to announce the Digital Access for All Idahoans (DAAI) Connecting Communities Grant 2024, an initiative designed to bridge the digital divide that limits many Idaho residents from accessing essential technology resources.

The Digital Access for All Idahoans (DAAI) Connecting Communities Grant 2024 provides laptops and accessories to eligible entities across Idaho to enhance digital inclusion, equity, and literacy efforts. Subgrantees will connect with groups or individuals who will benefit from increased access to internet-enabled devices and digital literacy training.

Additionally, participating subgrantees have the option to establish or expand partnerships with community organizations to identify their communities’ unique digital access needs and use technology to target those needs. Further, subgrantees must work with individuals from any of the eight covered populations, as identified in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.

These individuals include - households with incomes below 150% of the poverty level, seniors, incarcerated individuals, veterans, individuals with disabilities, those facing language barriers, members of racial and ethnic minority groups, and residents of rural areas. 1.

Enhance Digital Inclusion: Increase broadband adoption, digital skills, cybersecurity awareness, and access to technical support and devices among the covered populations. 2. Strengthen Institutional Capacity: Build the capacity of subgrantees to better serve their communities through staff participation in an ICfL learning cohort focused on digital inclusion and equity.

3. Foster Community Engagement: Support grantees and covered populations in achieving objectives related to civic and social engagement, economic and workforce development, education, health, and the delivery of essential services. Digital Access Objectives: 1.

Equip Idahoans with the knowledge to compare internet service plans effectively. 2. Increase the number of incarcerated individuals attaining digital skills certifications.

3. Boost overall confidence in digital skills among participants. 4.

Mitigate apprehension associated with internet use. 5. Enhance confidence in cybersecurity practices.

6. Reduce the number of Idahoans experiencing device malfunction without resolution. 7.

Ensure digital navigators effectively serve 7,000 clients annually. 8. Maintain a high level of customer satisfaction for digital navigation services.

9. Increase ownership of digital devices among target populations. 10.

Provide access to new or refurbished devices to enhance digital inclusion. Through the Connecting Communities Digital Access Grant, the ICfL is committed to fostering an equitable digital landscape for all Idahoans, ensuring that technological advancements are accessible to every member of our community. Idaho Commission for Libraries https://www.

gotomygrants. com/Public/Opportunities/Details/75b09c6b-4e5a-4af2-85b6-8e7f30346cde Allow Multiple Applications Question Submission Information Question Submission Additional Information If you have questions about the grant application or the application process, please contact Digital Inclusion Consultant Chelsea Summerlin at chelsea. summerlin@libraries.

idaho. gov, (208) 639-4175, or Grants/Contracts Officer Jamie Thill at jamie. thill@libraries.

idaho. gov, (208) 639-4153. Technical Assistance Session Technical Assistance Session Conference Info / Registration Link https://libraries.

idaho. gov/event/digital-access-for-all-idahoans-grant-webinar/ Additional Eligibility Information All applicants must be located in and perform work in Idaho. Who can apply: 1.

The State, a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the State, an Indian Tribe located in the State, an Alaska Native entity located in the State, or a Native Hawaiian organization located in the State. 2. A community anchor institution, other than a school, that is located in the State (see key definitions below).

3. A local educational agency that is located in the State (see key definitions below). 4.

An entity located in the State that carries out a workforce development program. 5. A foundation, corporation, institution, association, or coalition that is a not-for-profit entity; providing services in the State; and not a school.

6. A multi-branch library system must submit a single application. 7.

An agency of the State that is responsible for administering or supervising adult education and literacy activities in the State. 8. A public or multi-family housing authority that is located in the State; or 9.

A partnership between any of the entities described above. To apply for this grant, the organization must obtain a non-proprietary Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number from the federal System of Award Management (SAM). The UEI is a requirement for grantees receiving federal funds administered by the ICfL and replaces the requirement for a DUNS number.

Obtaining a UEI is free but can take a week to several months if your entity is not already in the SAM system. Please see the SAM website for more information: https://sam. gov/content/home.

Digital Equity: The term “digital equity” means the condition in which individuals and communities have the information technology capacity that is needed for full participation in the society and economy of the United States.

Digital Inclusion: The term “digital inclusion” means the activities that are necessary to ensure that all individuals in the United States have access to, and the use of, affordable information and communication technologies, such as: •Reliable fixed and wireless broadband internet service; • Internet-enabled devices that meet the needs of the user; and • Applications and online content designed to enable and encourage self-sufficiency, participation, and collaboration.

•Obtaining access to digital literacy training •The provision of quality technical support •Obtaining basic awareness of measures to ensure online privacy and cybersecurity Digital Literacy: The term “digital literacy” means the skills associated with using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information.

Covered Populations: The term “Covered Populations” means •Individuals who live in covered households (full definition is below); •Incarcerated individuals (as defined by the State or Territory), other than individuals who are incarcerated in a federal correctional facility; •Individuals with disabilities; •Individuals who are members of a racial or ethnic minority group; •Individuals who primarily reside in a rural area •Individuals with a language barrier, including individuals who are English learners and/or have low levels of literacy Aging Individual: The term “aging individual” means an individual who is 60 years of age or older.

Community Anchor Institution: The term “community anchor institution” means a public school, a public or multi-family housing authority, a library, a medical or healthcare provider, a community college or other institution of higher education, a State or Territory library agency, and any other nonprofit or governmental community support organization.

Covered Household: The term “covered household” means a household in which the income for the most recently completed year is not more than 150 percent of an amount equal to the poverty level, as determined by using criteria of poverty established by the Bureau of the Census.

Individuals with disabilities: The term “disability” means, with respect to an individual, (a) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual; (b) a record of such impairment; or (c) being regarded as having such an impairment.

Local Educational Agency: Generally, a local educational agency means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a state for either administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or for a combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary schools.

Individuals who primarily reside in a rural area: The term “rural area” means any area other than (a) a city or town that has a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants; (b) any urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to a city or town that has a population of greater than 50,000 inhabitants; and (c) in the case of a grant, a city, town, or incorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000 inhabitants.

Veterans: The term "veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. Additional Information URL https://libraries. idaho.

gov/grants-funding/grant-eligibility/ Additional Information URL Description If you have questions about the grant application or the application process, please contact Digital Inclusion Consultant Chelsea Summerlin at chelsea. summerlin@libraries. idaho.

gov, (208) 639-4175, or Grants/Contracts Officer Jamie Thill at jamie. thill@libraries. idaho.

gov, (208) 639-4153. Applications will be scored by reviewers on a 0-100 point scale. The total score will be based on three categories: Needs Assessment (30 points); Project Description and Quality (35 points), and Risk Assessment (35 points).

Applicants may view the points possible for each scored question in the Application Questions form. Review and Selection Process Applications deemed eligible and complete will be ranked by a grant review committee using a scoring rubric based upon the application questions. Grant reviewers will also consider the overall project budget and the geographic distribution of applicants when ranking.

The grant committee must ensure that, after the applications are selected, all covered populations are collectively represented in the project objectives. High-scoring applications will be sent to the federal funder, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), to make final award decisions. Anticipated Announcement Dates