COVID-19 in Indian Country
The Round Valley Indian Health Center will be utilizing nearly $1 million to support remote care in California.
During COVID-19, the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program will make available up to $3.2 billion worth of consumer discounts on broadband services and equipment like computers and tablets.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the need for broadband connectivity to meet the needs of our students, teachers, first responders, elders, and others,” said President Jonathan Nez of the Navajo Nation.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the need for broadband connectivity to meet the needs of our students, teachers, first responders, elders, and others," said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez.
The Federal Communications Commission’s first-ever spectrum priority filing window for rural Tribes closed September 2, 2020.
Despite widespread requests to extend the 2.5 GHz tribal priority filing window by 180 days, the Federal Communications Commission announced only a 30-day extension.
Due to the pandemic, the FCC will extend the 2.5 GHz Tribal Priority Window deadline by 30 days to 6:00PM EDT on September 2, 2020.
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) led a bicameral group of lawmakers in calling out the Federal Communications Commission for shortchanging Tribes on the Tribal broadband application deadline.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional 77 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, including grants for two urban and rural Indian providers.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional 67 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, including for the Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, in San Jose, California.
U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau approved $954,990 to the Navajo Nation Department of Health for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved additional funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program, including $954,990 to the Navajo Nation Department of Health.
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