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NTIA Awards $23 Million to Illinois for Digital Equity

Funds will help jump start key digital equity initiatives.

Ari Bertenthal

Ari Bertenthal

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NTIA Awards $23 Million to Illinois for Digital Equity
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Nov. 26, 2024 – Commerce Department officials announced that the state of Illinois will receive more than $23 million in federal funding to implement its digital equity plans.

The state will use federal funds from the $1.44 billion State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program to implement its digital equity plans. The funding, announced Monday, is administered by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Funding for the grant program came from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act championed by the Biden administration.

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