The City of Philadelphia announced this week that the Digital Literacy Alliance (DLA) will be granting $90,000 to three organizations in order to create a position it’s calling a “digital navigator.”

The aim of this role is to help residents with digital literacy by accessing and using technology and the internet, said the DLA, a 19-organization funding collective born out of the Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia.

“This pandemic has made clear the importance of digital and internet access to our residents and our communities,” said Deputy Chief Information Officer for Innovation Andrew Buss in a statement.

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