Pinoleville Pomo Nation

The project will implement five activities aimed at addressing critical challenges faced bythe Native Americans in the Tribal service area resulting from a severe lack of broadband access or service:

• Hire and train a Project Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator, increasing staff capacity to manage Tribal broadband programs.
• Deliver workshops to increase basic broadband knowledge and digital skills in the Tribal community and provide on-going support for the Tribe’s online program needs.
• Train twelve interns as a workforce development initiative to gain job skills. These trainees will, in turn, offer digital skills training to 60 Tribal Elders and disabled individuals, thus increasing sustainability. Approximately 40 Tribal Elders and disabled individuals will also receive iPads.
• Create more access to broadband services and devices, including broadband service and devices for the community’s computer center, subsidies to approximately 100-120 Tribal citizens and community members who currently lack access to affordable broadband services, and hotspots for 60 students.
• Gather data and evaluate the digital inclusion and broadband adoption programs funded by the grant to determine their effectiveness and develop future improvements, the results of which are to be shared with NTIA at the close of the project.