This 2020 report and action plan was created to gather data and input to inform state and federal policymakers about how to optimize the use of telehealth. The Covid-19 pandemic showed the importance of investing in internet infrastructure to enable access to telehealth. This report argues that the digital divide has become a "digital cliff" where residents fall into deeper poverty and greater isolation. It focuses on the status of telehealth in California, gaps and barriers to optimizing telehealth, and the development of an action plan to advance telehealth policy and funding.

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This essay focuses on the potential of Fintech companies to help mitigate the racial wealth and income gaps exacerbated by the pandemic. The authors specify the role the Fintech industry can play in filling the digital literacy and digital access gaps Black Americans face.

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Tech Goes Home commits to a strategy for closing the digital divide through Opportunity Blueprint. The plan describes the challenges and opportunities involved, and details the organization’s goals to expand its programs.

This podcast episode focuses on how lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic can affect future telehealth policy. The panelists discuss questions related to future telehealth legislation, modernization of the healthcare system, and the need to close the digital divide to ensure the success of telehealth.

This resource recommends four provisions to be included in emergency pandemic legislation in order for cities, towns, and Tribal communities to leverage internet access as a recovery tool.

This report discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a number of trends in broadband, leading to a significant wave of public-private collaboration.

A blog that draws on data from the American Instructional Resources Survey to explore opportunities for meeting the new and growing demands of pandemic pedagogy, including the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), better training for teachers on online tools and resources, and micro-credentials to better indicate and develop teachers’ technological competencies.

This blog from EducationSuperHighway describes how North Dakota built off the previous work of a state fiber-optic network co-op initiative from the 1990s to provide connectivity to students during the Covid-19 pandemic. The blog details how multiple state agencies collaborated to identify which homes and areas needed service and connectivity. This case demonstrates how crucial the state can be in bridging the home access gap.

This strategic plan for New Mexico provides a framework for future efforts to eliminate the state's broadband gap, including a means of combatting the economic impact of Covid-19. Recommendations focus on using grant programs to expand rural broadband, prioritizing fiber-based rural solutions for longevity, prioritizing construction of new fiber and wireless networks, and including broadband considerations in all Covid-19 recovery planning.

This research brief derives data from the Common Sense Census, which reveal that children of color have been far more likely to experience disruptions in learning due to a lack of digital access than white students. The results of the study also illustrate the economic inequality in education that was exacerbated by the pandemic.

This resource from Chiefs for Change provides an overview of methods schools and wireless providers have used to provide connectivity to students during Covid-19, including providing wireless hotspots, creating partnerships with local service providers, and using CARES Act funding to support educational connectivity.