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<div align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:28px; color:rgb(54,138,156)">NM Office of Broadband Access and Expansion Mapping Presentation To Eastern Navajo Agency</span></div>
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<div>On December 3, 2022, Diane Lindstrom, Deputy Director of the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) made a presentation to the Eastern Navajo Agency Council, on the importance of participating in the FCC data mapping challenge. Eastern Navajo
Agency Council serves 31 chapters of the Navajo Nation.</div>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26px; color:rgb(54,138,156); font-weight:bold">FCC Mapping Challenge Deadline January 13, 2022</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147)">T</span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">he first iteration of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC’s) broadband
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tool</a><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> is now available. Required by the
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DATA Act</a><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif"> of 2020, the new map displays location level information on broadband availability throughout the country and allows individuals to search for their
address, as well as review and dispute services at their location.</span> </div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">For providers, the release of the first map comes alongside efforts already underway for submitting challenges of and corrections to the underlying “fabric”
of locations that can be served by broadband providers. </span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:bold">The commission has stressed that this pre-production
draft of the map is far from final.</span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(191,63,47); font-weight:bold; font-style:italic; font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The accuracy of the maps and documenting the need in the Pueblos will ultimately determine future funding.
</span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Following the fabric and coverage data challenge processes, an updated version of</span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(191,63,47); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(191,63,47); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight:bold">the FCC map will be used to determine the allocation of $42.5 billion</span><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">
in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funds to each state and territory, as well as determining eligibility of areas for funding under various programs. The map, particularly after the challenge processes are implemented, aims to be the
most comprehensive collection of broadband data to date.</span> </div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Recently, the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SJtDFI-LpH7HcbNKA-3MRah3YNJuItxgo_O3xJCkOVOTMOMK_9DayoGOgSG2_ixJqw8DBLYWO1_QCwjBnun63kMm-eh_vIsN9ll89GACQJ03cMVRAcPehylczSh3chFuy_73v7TjILzndHfp1BE2ug==&c=ZuAIinn4jD2b_O7bcy_4n70TUNt46bapOSQhw-1L5PuXMNt9ahDvhA==&ch=ozEyRzLE-1QNrTiM98fQF5cryq68slSwM4fL4xSbwGwObbl6v-PgLg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">Benton
Institute for Broadband & Society</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> supported a webinar featuring national perspectives on these federal mapping feedback processes. This
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and </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SJtDFI-LpH7HcbNKA-3MRah3YNJuItxgo_O3xJCkOVOTMOMK_9DayoGOgSG2_ixJWv08Bl4ofdfQBCJO-_u4tLLAEr7__J-7C_u8EGQdwTjZi-ChokVO_v5F1IrU1GAhPH2Q8MTOqbSMU63sVruIgT7vlVs_plSCNabDJalrjUe18jKNl85DzhL-U5xMIrpFAlzwUqET5JgOAPcxVEb1i9goyNcu3xp65eyxHZZjxIwZvYGOw6TrgEU86b5NgLVUwfv4VnYhrvlEMWBz6FlDTOsombpq8isAoqppPKTX1HU=&c=ZuAIinn4jD2b_O7bcy_4n70TUNt46bapOSQhw-1L5PuXMNt9ahDvhA==&ch=ozEyRzLE-1QNrTiM98fQF5cryq68slSwM4fL4xSbwGwObbl6v-PgLg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">summary</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">
provide helpful information regarding the processes, what’s at stake, and how various stakeholders can access the federal portals to view data and share feedback.</span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Asset mapping is an approach to planning and community development centered on identifying and building on a community’s existing resources. Deep community engagement is a key part of asset mapping, used to uncover existing
strengths, skills, and connections that can be leveraged.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">As an approach to data collection and documenting the current state of digital equity, asset mapping is inherently solution-oriented. This makes it a valuable counterbalance to more traditional assessments of needs and
existing conditions, which tend to emphasize the deficiencies and barriers to digital equity that a community faces. While quantifying needs is an important step in the planning process, solely focusing on challenges tends to disregard the aspirations and
strengths of community members. Rooted in the concepts of </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SJtDFI-LpH7HcbNKA-3MRah3YNJuItxgo_O3xJCkOVOTMOMK_9DaypgJvEO-7urq7DJgm5JhjyjUAOxXvLuJNQHuiQO6LXJwrDjJiq-x_mT1qdz90MTmnx-JXPSPsNpykEoxvoW8lbZH8yYLgA6EYvrs_xOplsdGN0lkG_IQK2YTlYAz4P2eG60vBKyUhxKl1GUl1e-ZOi0=&c=ZuAIinn4jD2b_O7bcy_4n70TUNt46bapOSQhw-1L5PuXMNt9ahDvhA==&ch=ozEyRzLE-1QNrTiM98fQF5cryq68slSwM4fL4xSbwGwObbl6v-PgLg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">Asset
Based Community Development</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">, asset mapping recognizes that, with the necessary resources and structural support, communities possess the knowledge and skills to develop solutions from within.</span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold">National Digital Inclusion Alliance</span><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> (</span><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold">NDIA) provides Free, Easy-to-Use Asset Mapping Tools:</span>
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Inclusion Asset Inventory Template</a></div>
<div><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SJtDFI-LpH7HcbNKA-3MRah3YNJuItxgo_O3xJCkOVOTMOMK_9DaypgJvEO-7urqvXyVqPZED-XkusiqEPB56wUSr0kNHZICIjb9qiicXlMIsEXHdf-1XuhHLhwglVuio6VOLbuT0ju6xbyXal98J0np3MZxtw-K9PCktX05WEOjri4TJiZJdLS10gp0dGtjedJUGg01EffdAzvsSjzp5HuWrD1M5ag76pLT__HQIFDopn8RXKkacw==&c=ZuAIinn4jD2b_O7bcy_4n70TUNt46bapOSQhw-1L5PuXMNt9ahDvhA==&ch=ozEyRzLE-1QNrTiM98fQF5cryq68slSwM4fL4xSbwGwObbl6v-PgLg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">Digital
Inclusion Asset Mapping Survey</a></div>
<div><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SJtDFI-LpH7HcbNKA-3MRah3YNJuItxgo_O3xJCkOVOTMOMK_9DaypgJvEO-7urqDpYsKc3TqEZT453OVkihygyLlsy6ttYneI8EXbXMo_fDqF52K0Z5zRKoK9NbX7GWhwVg7waF59bwi8dYBu3HdTn8iVp30_D1KxOmKV8z5SxGLQO3eKEB7hQxg73zN5oIS_Ut0k5YFC4=&c=ZuAIinn4jD2b_O7bcy_4n70TUNt46bapOSQhw-1L5PuXMNt9ahDvhA==&ch=ozEyRzLE-1QNrTiM98fQF5cryq68slSwM4fL4xSbwGwObbl6v-PgLg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">State
Digital Equity Plan Toolkit</a></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">NDIA advances digital equity by supporting community programs and equipping policymakers to act. Visit
</span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SJtDFI-LpH7HcbNKA-3MRah3YNJuItxgo_O3xJCkOVOTMOMK_9DaypgJvEO-7urqiBZYdFYoGf8o1BZdJEZuHUAtyGXofNjluN6MiQL93zQ2eka5ykXUyDpIJEdXu17uhh0nnmub3NyLFrB5J6e8-mCYeiYwRvXJ&c=ZuAIinn4jD2b_O7bcy_4n70TUNt46bapOSQhw-1L5PuXMNt9ahDvhA==&ch=ozEyRzLE-1QNrTiM98fQF5cryq68slSwM4fL4xSbwGwObbl6v-PgLg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">NDIA</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">
to learn more. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">This FCC program helps ensure that qualifying low-income households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. The ACP Outreach Grant Program will facilitate the promotion of the ACP and
increase awareness of and participation in the ACP among eligible households. To support this goal, the FCC seeks to enlist and empower trusted community messengers to develop innovative outreach strategies to reach historically underserved and unserved communities,
including low-income households, aging populations, individuals with disabilities, individuals with language barriers, racial and ethnic minorities, and rural inhabitants.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">The ACP Outreach Grant Program application forms and instructions may be accessed
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The deadline is </span><span style="color:rgb(191,63,47); font-weight:bold">January 9, 2023.</span>
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<div align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px; color:rgb(54,138,156)">Households May Receive $30-$75/month Discount on Internet Service</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">The </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SJtDFI-LpH7HcbNKA-3MRah3YNJuItxgo_O3xJCkOVOTMOMK_9DaypgJvEO-7urqKOf_jHaRVhysNC26MzRJAUh5eZpiHJ5O8NvC-Ptid0CjtsznvaiRDgbddgwq1o0tccPlXSqui3BVK8w6c2pHcg==&c=ZuAIinn4jD2b_O7bcy_4n70TUNt46bapOSQhw-1L5PuXMNt9ahDvhA==&ch=ozEyRzLE-1QNrTiM98fQF5cryq68slSwM4fL4xSbwGwObbl6v-PgLg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; text-decoration:underline">Affordable
Connectivity Program</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> (ACP) is a U.S. government program run by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program to help low-income households pay for internet service and connected devices like a laptop or tablet.</span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Households are likely eligible if income is below 200% of the Federal Poverty Line, or if a household member currently receives a government benefit like SNAP, Medicaid, SSI, WIC, Pell Grant, or Free and Reduced-Price
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">If a household is eligible, they could receive:</span></div>
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<li style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> Up to a $30/month discount on internet service</span></li><li style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> Up to a $75/month discount if household is on qualifying Tribal lands</span></li><li style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> A one-time discount of up to $100 for a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer (with a co-payment of more than $10 but less than $50)</span></li><li style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> A low cost service plan that may be fully covered through the ACP*</span></li></ul>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">* Through a separate non-FCC initiative, additional no cost plans may be available to Affordable Connectivity Program enrollees. To learn more please visit
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Only one monthly service discount and one device discount is allowed per household. To receive the connected device discount, consumers need to enroll in the ACP with a participating provider that offers connected devices
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<div><span style="font-size:14px; color:rgb(41,75,147); font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">At the recent White House Tribal Nations Summit, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Tribal Recovery Report for the State and Local Fiscal Recovery
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">For community leaders striving for digital equity, this guidebook, written by Robbie McBeath and Published November 2022 by the
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Institute for Broadband & Society</a> <span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">will help communities evaluate and meet specific connectivity needs. They chart three pathways—Access, Adoption, and Use—that together offer a comprehensive approach to guide communities’
digital equity planning and provide structure for implementing effective solutions.</span>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)">Just as every community has unique features and characteristics, so too do their connectivity challenges. With this in mind, communities are encouraged to follow a variety of steps and best practices as they participate
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<div><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SJtDFI-LpH7HcbNKA-3MRah3YNJuItxgo_O3xJCkOVOTMOMK_9DayoGOgSG2_ixJZnqrSRmkodZHbjjtUSsBG_DACNE90Aq_3AvP-G67l1lLGwfzvIsFOPu0KYdetB9MJfxzSzl9Qn_gYnd6UbHYjVSvNDu5UREjITzCJPCtrt8Dr1DgW2yNIfx0Vf7sk8fc&c=ZuAIinn4jD2b_O7bcy_4n70TUNt46bapOSQhw-1L5PuXMNt9ahDvhA==&ch=ozEyRzLE-1QNrTiM98fQF5cryq68slSwM4fL4xSbwGwObbl6v-PgLg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(41,75,147); font-style:italic; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline">Pathways
to Digital Equity</a><span style="color:rgb(41,75,147)"> builds off of the belief that digital equity starts at the local level. As states, territories, and tribes develop digital equity plans, the stories, tools, and resources found here offer both guidance
and inspiration for what’s possible when community members have a seat at the table.</span>
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