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The Digital Equity Act will allocate $2.75 billion in grants to states over five years to strengthen foundational literacy, build industry-specific skills, promote digital equity, and help adapt to a rapidly changing digital economy. 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Over five years, states will apply these resources to advance foundational digital literacy2 and industry-specific digital skills, promote digital equity,3 and help workers and businesses adapt to the rapidly changing digital economy.  \nAs state policymakers prepare plans to bridge the digital divide, employers can help them better understand the digital skills gap and collaborate on solutions to address those disparities — all while promoting digital equity and high-quality jobs. Employer input will be critical to ensure that communities can fully capitalize on these monumental investments to build a digitally resilient and high-quality workforce.  \nThis guide, developed in partnership between UpSkill America at the Aspen Institute and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), is a product of the NGA Workforce Innovation Network and offers three key strategies and accompanying guiding questions for employers to contribute to DEA planning and implementation:  \n1. Study Your Skill Needs  \n2. Tell Your Story  \n3. Sustain Your Engagement  \nIn addition, text boxes throughout this brief highlight strategies for state policymakers to support and collaborate with employers in exploring these key questions. These best practices are drawn from the delivery of technical assistance to state workforce development leaders, including those that participate in the National Association of State Workforce Board Chairs and the National Association of State Liaisons for Workforce Development Partnerships, two affiliate networks supported by the NGA Center’s Workforce Development & Economic Policy Program.  \n1 UNESCO defines digital skills as “range of abilities to use digital devices, communication applications, and networks to access and manage information. They enable people to create and share digital content, communicate and collaborate, and solve problems for effective and creative self-fulfillment in life, learning, work, and social activities at large.”  \n2 The Digital Equity Act defines digital literacy as “the skills associated with using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information.”  \n3 The Digital Equity Act defines digital equity as “the condition in which individuals and communities have the information technology capacity that is needed for full participation in the society and economy of the United States.”  \nStudy Your Skill Needs  \nDefine your company’s digital skills needs by considering these questions:  \n• What are your company’s digital skill needs today and in the future? What digital skills do your employees, suppliers, and customers need?  \n• What is the gap between your digital skills needs and your employees’ current abilities? How are you assessing digital skills?  \n• Who is facing the largest gap in digital skills and what are their barriers to developing those skills?  \n• What are the most effective strategies for advancing your employees’digital skills? What education and training programs are your employees accessing and what are the results? If applicable, how does this compare to your investments, partnerships, and hiring experiences in other countries?  \n• What programs is ","cbCaip7fBeVDS80x","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaip7fBeVDS80x","pdf",174179,"English","# Overview\n# Study Your Skill Needs\n# Tell Your Story\n# Sustain Your Engagement","[{\"question\":\"What digital skills gap does the guide address?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights that nearly one-third of U.S. workers lack digital skills, and a substantial share of workers must use moderate or advanced computer skills at work.\"},{\"question\":\"What funding and goals does the Digital Equity Act set for states?\",\"answer\":\"States receive $2.75 billion in grants to advance foundational digital literacy and industry-specific digital skills, promote digital equity, and help workers and businesses adapt to the digital economy.\"},{\"question\":\"How can employers contribute to DEA planning and implementation?\",\"answer\":\"Employers can follow three strategies: study their skill needs, tell their digital skills story to key stakeholders, and sustain engagement to support solutions and high-quality jobs.\"}]","Leveraging the Digital Equity Act To Advance Digital Skills - A Guide for Business Leaders to Partner with State Policymakers | PDF",1792055681,15]