Broadband Resources

Rural LISC is pleased to make a wide variety of broadband resources available to our partners and the wider public. Find additional resources in the sidebar menu.

Video Library

Leveraging Federal Funding for a Digital-Ready Workforce

Rural LISC Program Officer Christa Vinson spoke with Tom Cytron-Hysom, Manager at Northstar, a program of Literacy Minnesota, Sean Davis Jr, Research and Policy Manager at NDIA, Michelle Harati, Policy Officer at LISC, and Judy Mortrude, Senior Technical Advisor at World Education, about current policies, needed reforms and new funding available to enhance digital inclusion, technology participation and upskilling for underserved communities.

A Role for Rural Nonprofits in Closing the Digital Divide

Rural LISC believes when more partners come to the table, we can achieve digital equity for all. Vice President Caitlin Cain joined Sarah Tyree, V.P. of Policy at CoBank, Curtis Wynn, President & CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative and board president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and Mark DeFalco, Telecommunications Manager at the Appalachian Regional Commission, to discuss how community development organizations can ally their efforts to respond to broadband opportunities now, with an emphasis on funding.   

Northwest Ohio Digital Connectors

Learn how Digital Connectors at two Ohio Community Action Agencies, Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (GLCAP) and Northwest Ohio Community Action Commission (NOCAC), are increasing digital opportunity for their communities.