Meet your Digital Equity Team!
Happy Digital Equity Month! Our Office of Digital Equity is ready to help families in our Eastern Kentucky region! SOAR founded the Office of Digital Literacy to help every resident:…
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SOAR Selected as part of Microsoft’s National TechSpark Grant
We are proud to announce that we will be collaborating with Microsoft TechSpark to foster inclusive economic opportunity, job creation, and innovation in Kentucky’s 54 Appalachian counties. The support will…
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Code Kentucky partnership to bring free software development training to region
Remote tech jobs are in high demand. And there’s no better place to plug in and work and unplug and play. That’s why we have partnered with Code Kentucky to…
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EKY City and County Leaders Must Work Together — Consult These Broadband Resources to Start Today
Broadband is our region’s bridge to the 21st-century economy. In 2021, Kentucky permanently authorized Medicaid coverage for certain telehealth benefits because expanding access to medical providers supports better public health…
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SOAR’s Office of Digital Equity is now available for Eastern Kentuckians
Our Office of Digital Literacy is now available for those living in Wolfe, Elliot, Jackson, Magoffin, Morgan, and Owsley counties. SOAR founded the Office of Digital Literacy to help every…
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SOAR 2022 Review
If there is anything the 2022 year has taught us, it’s that Eastern Kentucky and the people living within its region, continue to be resilient and persistent no matter the…
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New $6.3M Grant Will Help SOAR, Partners Expand Broadband Access in 12 Appalachian States
We are proud partners of Accelerating Access: Preparing Appalachian Communities for Digital Equity, a new Connect Humanity project funded by a $6.3M grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The…
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Use the Eastern Kentucky Federal Funding Map to Plan Your Next Broadband Project
While broadband funding is more abundant than ever, these funds won’t arrive at our doorsteps in our time of need. Eastern Kentucky towns and counties must work together to take…
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Internet for All Grant Helping Connect Eastern Kentuckians to Broadband
Eastern Kentucky is one step closer to getting high-speed internet into every household thanks in part to the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Kentucky will receive the…
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Weekly Roundup: So much to be thankful for in Appalachia KY
On this Thanksgiving week, we want to simply say we are thankful for you! And we have a lot to be thankful for this week. From the backroads to connectivity,…
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