Identifying Priorities for Funding to Promote Digital Equity

The Field Lab partnered with the City of Boston to examine the allocation of digital equity funding and access to digital services across neighborhoods and populations.

Project Partner

City of Boston
Office of the Mayor

Project Summary

Students worked with City staff to analyze how digital equity resources were being distributed, who was being served, and how different funding mechanisms reached residents with limited digital access.

Areas of Focus

The team examined geographic and demographic patterns of digital access, allocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, program participation among seniors, disabled residents, and ESL populations, and differences between local and federal digital support programs.

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