Free Webinar on Lifeline Telephone Assistance Program - August 8
The Racial Justice & Equal Economic Opportunity Project of the National Consumer Law Center will be holding a free webinar entitled A Changing Lifeline: 21st Century Update for an Important Low-income Phone Assistance Program on Monday August 8, 2016 from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern.
The low-income Lifeline telephone assistance program has been increasing the affordability of telephone service since the Reagan and Bush administrations. Starting at the end of 2016, the Obama Administration has modernized the program to support the affordability of broadband service.
The need for broadband access is greater than ever to access opportunity and education, yet there is a digital divide for low-income, African American and Hispanic households. In recent years there has been a drop in home broadband service for African Americans households (54%), Hispanic households (50%) and low-income households (41%), and the trend is to rely more on mobile devices for internet access even though those devices are often inferior for critical needs such as homework or applying for employment. For example one in seven teachers assigns homework requiring the internet, thus the broadband gap is a "homework gap."
This webinar will focus on the upcoming changes to the Lifeline program so that more individuals can enroll in the Lifeline program and close the broadband adoption gap in the US.
Presenters:
- Cheryl A. Leanza, A Learned Hand Consulting
- Andy Lomeli, National Hispanic Media Coalition
- Olivia Wein, National Consumer Law Center
There is no charge for this webinar.
NCLC does not provide CLE credits for webinars, but will give certificates of attendance following the webinar.
Note: This webinar can hold a maximum of 3,000 attendees. If you log in and the webinar is full, a recording of the webinar will be provided immediately following the webinar.
For more information, email SarahEmily Lekberg at slekberg@nclc.org or visit the link below.