The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program will assist low-income households with broadband/internet access during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will provide up to $50/household/month and up to $75/household/month living on native tribal lands. Share this announcement with your community!

PCC would like to invite you to participate in a survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on the use of telehealth services in South Carolina. The information from the survey will be used to better understand current practices and inform future policy changes and resources needed to support telehealth services for rural South Carolina. This research study is being conducted by the South Carolina Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare in partnership with the SC Office of Rural Health, SC Telehealth Alliance, and Palmetto Care Connections. Click here to begin.

Upon completion of this 15-minute survey, you will have an opportunity to enter a drawing for a $30 electronic VISA gift card. If you are selected, we will send the gift card to the email address you provide.

-Post and Courier

"Last year, a few months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., tried to pass a bill that would have provided rural communities across the country with affordable high-speed internet to help with remote schooling and work.

 

But with a Republican majority in the Senate, the House majority whip’s bill was stymied. Now, with a Democratic majority in both chambers, Clyburn reintroduced the bill as the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act on March 11. It authorizes over $94 billion to ensure both underserved and unserved communities have affordable high-speed internet access."