•August 11, 2021•
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity have announced that Booth Library on the campus of Eastern Illinois University was awarded a $50,000 grant to implement a digital literacy program in the Southeastern region of Illinois. The grant is part of the Office of Broadband Regional Engagement for Adoption + Digital Equity (READY) program, through which $200,000 was awarded to four regional entities to accelerate progress toward eliminating the digital divide. In addition to EIU, READY grantees include awards of $50,000 for the following entities:
· Region 1 Planning Council on behalf of the Northern Stateline Region
· Southern Illinois University on behalf of the Southern Region
· University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on behalf of the East Central Region     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.