Community Connect: Digital Access at Home

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Community Connect: Digital Access at Home, an initiative of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () and Capital One Bank, offers grants and resources to help support digital access and financial capability in rural communities nationwide.

Twenty rural public libraries will receive five Wi-Fi hotspots (including service contract) for lending to patrons; a $2,000 stipend to support implementing financial capability programs; curated book lists and more. Participating libraries were selected through a peer-reviewed, competitive application process.

Applications for this program are now closed.

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Stories from Community Connect: Digital Access libraries

  • Ada (Okla.) Public Library
  • Yuma County (Ariz.) Public Library
  • Lee-Whedon Memorial Library, Medina, N.Y.

Evaluation

Public libraries are eligible if they serve a legal service area population of 25,000 or less and are in a rural community at least five miles from an urbanized area, per the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) definition.

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