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Twenty-three million low-income Americans are at risk of losing internet access starting this month if Congress doesn’t move quickly and renew funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)―a popular program aimed at reducing the digital divide between those who can afford broadband access and those who cannot.
The ACP was passed in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Its purpose is to provide households with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty line (or about $30,000 for a single adult) with a monthly stipend of $30 ($75 for Native people living on Tribal lands) to help ensure internet access to all.
Now, with 1 in 6 households benefiting and despite strong bipartisan support for the program, it is running out of money. The FCC, which runs the program, has already had to stop taking new subscribers. So, this past Fall, President Biden called for an additional $6 billion to extend the ACP through 2024.
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