10/01/2025
Launching Today: Phase II
We are excited to offer an opportunity to apply for funds to assist in the goal of helping entities increase access to the internet by providing new or expanded Wi-Fi in spaces used by community members.
This project is part of a greater effort toward digital equity and closing the digital divide for residents of our region and is an initiative of the Alliance for Digital Equity at Baystate Health, as the recipient of a Massachusetts Broadband Institute (“MBI”) Regional Partnerships Program grant.
The Community Space Public Wi-Fi Program will provide funds to purchase wireless network hardware and install it to expand internet access in public spaces. Funding as part of these grants will also include resources to hire a vendor independently or through the Alliance. Our goal is to help organizations increase access to the internet by providing new or expanded Wi-Fi in spaces used by community members.
To that end, we are also connecting grantees with regional Digital Navigators who will meet with organizations, learn about their needs, and provide linkages to digital skills, devices, hotspots, and affordable internet solutions to benefit community members. Through connections with Digital Navigators, we hope to advance digital equity and provide an ongoing way for grantee organizations to share individual and collective impact stories that emerge from the Community Space Public Wi-Fi Program, thus helping to support and promote sustainable digital access and equity programming going forward.
The Alliance for Digital Equity provides grants through initiatives aimed at promoting digital access and equity in partnership with community-based organizations, libraries, COAs, community centers, regional planning agencies, municipalities, and other organizations serving the communities of weste...
