Digital Equity Toolkit (2H 2025)

Digital equity speaks to the ability of individuals and communities to fully participate in the benefits of broadband. The Digital Equity Toolkit complements the many infrastructure-oriented toolkits available from BroadbandToolkit.com.  It is designed to enable policy decision-makers, grant applicants, grant recipients, ISPs, and others to quantify and visualize non-infrastructure needs. Digital Equity Grant Programs.  The Toolkit visualizes by tract the total Covered Population associated with the Digital Equity Act (Planning, Capacity, and Competitive Grant Programs).  It further visualizes each of the component populations (per specific NTIA definitions):  low-income households, aging individuals, incarcerated individuals, veterans, individuals with disabilities, individuals with a language barrier / low literacy, individuals who are members of a racial or ethnic minority, and individuals who live in rural areas.   Visualizing Data.  The Toolkit includes 200+ data sets of high reso