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3. Conduct a Digital Equity Needs Assessment <br />WRITING BROADBAND ACTION AND DIGITAL EQUITY PLANS 22 <br />Once your team has reviewed the population and demographic data on your broadband base map and have <br />collected your local digital equity asset data it’s time to take a look and identify areas that appear to be left be- <br />hind when it comes to support services around the digital equity and access component to broadband access. <br />What areas are you seeing that seem to be missing public computer centers, digital navigator programs, or <br />other needed programs? <br />Worksheet #15: Digital Equity And Access Needs Assessment <br />4. Identify Barriers To Broadband Access And Adoption <br />From the conversations you’ve had with local stakeholders, including those with lived experience, what do <br />you perceive to be the obstacles to broadband access, adoption, and use in your community? Worksheet #17 <br />gives you space to brainstorm as a team about what the barriers your area is facing to ubiquitous high-speed <br />broadband. <br />Worksheet #16: Obstacles To Broadband Access And Adoption <br />5. Potential Paths Forward <br />You’ve also learned about the assets your community has for broadband. In your discussions have you learned <br />things that have helped you define potential paths forward for bringing better broadband access to your area? <br />Worksheet #13 gives you and your team space to think through potential paths forward for how to overcome <br />the barriers that exist for your community. <br />Worksheet #17: Potential Paths Forward For Digital Equity <br />Executive Summary Development <br />You’ve reached the end of your Broadband Infrastructure and Digital Equity Planning Effort. Congratulations! <br />Now it is time to go through all that you’ve learned and assemble an executive summary. Your worksheets <br />should make this part a breeze. Key questions you’ll answer in your executive summary include: <br /> →What has been accomplished in our community already for broadband? →What assets exist? →Where does our community have infrastructure gaps? →What kinds of digital equity issues is our community facing? →What is our vision for overcoming these issues? <br /> One final worksheet is waiting for you that will help you compile notes for this summary. <br />Worksheet #18: Key Points For Your Executive Summary