Here is today's Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) Disability News message. I apologize that the information from the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD) has no space between paragraphs. Sometimes this list serve does not put in spaces between paragraphs.?
I hope you have a wonderful day.?
Martha
Martha K. Gabehart | Executive Director
Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC)
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
900 SW Jackson, Suite 100 | Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 296-6525 (direct) | (785) 260-4027 (cell)
[email protected] | www.kcdcinfo.ks.gov
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Job Vacancy Announcements
The Intrust Bank job vacancy listing is attached below. Please feel free to share.?
Oracle has posted new job vacancy announcements on their website.?
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This message is the newsletter from the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD).? Not all links are included here, but can be found on the KOBD website.??
Director's Report
Jade Piros de Carvalho
KOBD is springing forward as February comes to a close. The application windows for both digital opportunity programs, supporting device distribution, digital skills training and free public Wi-Fi options have closed. I encourage you to review the applications and provide comments. Public comment for Advancing Digital Opportunities to Promote Technology (ADOPT) is available here and Digital Opportunities to Connect Kansas (DOCK) will be available for public comment on March 7, here.?
Throughout March and April, KOBD will host Regional Planning Workshops to help communities engage providers in the BEAD process. We encourage you to join a meeting, read the playbook, reach out to the providers in your area, and understand how you can be good partners in this work. Learn more here.??
An unexpected win was the announcement that KOBD would receive nearly $1 million from the USDA Technical Assistance grant to support engineering surveys to understand barriers to expand broadband to rural communities. Much like our Regional Planning efforts, this grant is designed to provide community driven conversations about connectivity solutions in historically disconnected areas of the state. KOBD received 10% of the nationwide funding for this work.?
The Digital Equity Capacity Notice of Funding Opportunity is expected to be released in late March. KOBD will continue the work we have been doing to implement the Digital Equity Strategic Plan. When Kansans can access, afford, and adopt (use) the internet, we all win.??
Jade
In the News
Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) - Set to End?
Information is attached below.?
The Affordable Connectivity Program is projected to run out of funding in April of this coming year. Without additional funding from Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun winding down (fact sheet attached below) the ACP.?
? ACP applications and enrollments have stopped.
? ACP Extension Act of 2024
? This bipartisan renewal bill was introduced in January. It provides a one-time allocation of $7 billion, which would extend the ACP through the end of 2024. The bill is currently with the appropriations committees in both chambers.?
? Don't Disconnect Us
If you are a provider, neighbor, or consumer of this program, KOBD encourages you to reach out to your representatives and ask them to support the ACP Extension Act of 2024.
? ACP Extension Act Info
? Dashboard ? Education Superhighway
? Talking Points Resources and More Info
? Talking Points + Social (Spanish)?
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- BEAD-IP-Vol1_Final-Draft_FINAL-VERSION-TO-BE-POSTED.pdf
- Job Openings for INTRUST Bank 2.27.2024.pdf
- KOBD_Challenge_Posting-for-Morgan2.20.pdf
- KS_States ACP Renewal 2-pager (1).pdf
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