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Workforce Planning Guide

Overview:

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will transform the landscape of high-speed Internet in America, improving access to health care, education, and civic engagement while connecting families and communities across the country. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration at the Department of Commerce supports the Administration’s commitment to equitable and highly skilled jobs in shaping the future of the high-speed Internet workforce.

NTIA offers this Workforce Planning Guide as a resource for Eligible Entities completing submissions for Internet For All programs. This guide primarily supports Eligible Entities developing submissions to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program but may also be applicable as entities develop their Digital Equity Plans. Eligible Entities can use the Guide as they hire a team for grant implementation as well as to assist subgrantees in designing workforce plans and standards.

Document Content:

Workforce Planning Guide

NTIA offers this Workforce Planning Guide as a resource for Eligible Entities completing submissions for Internet For All programs. This guide primarily supports Eligible Entities developing submissions to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program but may also be applicable as entities develop their Digital Equity Plans. Eligible Entities can use the Guide as they hire a team for grant implementation as well as to assist subgrantees in designing workforce plans and standards.

What's in the Guide

  • Alt text Components of a Workforce Plan for the BEAD Program
  • Alt text Developing a BEAD Workforce Plan, including proposed planning steps and pacing suggestions for completing BEAD submissions and key integration points with the Digital Equity Program
  • Alt text Strategies and Examples that offer a range of approaches for meeting workforce requirements
  • Alt text Additional Resources to support the workforce planning and implementation process

Download the Workforce Planning Guide

The Workforce Development Guide supports Eligible Entities developing submissions to Internet For All programs. It supports the development of workforces for grant implementation as well as designing workforce plans and standards for subgrantees.

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