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K-12 students who are assigned homework requiring access to the internet but don’t have home internet access fall into what’s called the “homework gap.”

The State Library of North Carolina and the Broadband Infrastructure Office of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology partnered with North Carolina libraries to develop and implement a holistic model to equip North Carolina’s public libraries to address the K-12 homework gap in their communities.

In years 2018-2020, this model was implemented in Robeson, Caswell, Hyde, and Mitchell Counties of North Carolina. The curriculum used in these in-person digital skills workshops and the structure of these programs is described in the toolkit. In 2021, the toolkit was updated to include curriculum options for virtual workshops and individualized Digital Navigator support. Materials for participants are available in English and Spanish.

This model is provided as a reference to those who may wish to learn about the project and the toolkit.  The project is complete and the toolkit is no longer being updated.

These infographics could be useful design resource for libraries who want to use prior designs for their current needs.