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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Emergency Broadband Benefit toolkit available</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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<b><span style="color:#6888C9">announced</span></b></a> that beginning on May 12, 2021, eligible households will be able to apply for the
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<b><span style="color:#6888C9">Emergency Broadband Benefit</span></b></a>. Emergency Broadband Benefit outreach toolkit materials are
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<b><span style="color:#6888C9">now available for download</span></b></a>, and ALA has
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<b><span style="color:#6888C9">customized a press release and newsletter blurb for libraries</span></b></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The FCC outreach toolkit is a collection of social media, printables, and other content to assist communities, outreach partners, and grassroots organizers in raising awareness
about the Emergency Broadband Benefit. All of the printed materials, except the poster, are designed to be printed in color or grayscale and can easily be printed on home or small office printers. In addition to English and Spanish language versions of the
materials, a fact sheet and two smaller printable handouts are available in Arabic, Amharic, Burmese, Traditional Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">These tools are free to use and can be co-branded and/or adjusted to your voice. Please send any questions about the toolkit materials or the Emergency Broadband Benefit to
<a href="mailto:broadbandbenefit@fcc.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:broadbandbenefit@fcc.gov">
<b><span style="color:#6888C9">broadbandbenefit@fcc.gov</span></b></a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shannon White<br>
Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909<br>
<a href="mailto:Whites29@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">Whites29@michigan.gov</span></a> 517-335-1507 |
<a href="http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><br>
<a href="callto:whites29@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">Call me on Teams</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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