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With school taking place online, Kansas City families are still struggling to get connected

With school taking place online, Kansas City families are still struggling to get connected

In the meantime, the gap has largely been filled by nonprofit and advocacy organizations like LeanLab. The organization tapped sources for giving earlier this year and helped fund the purchase of 869 hotspots and 1,528 devices.

Bridging the digital divide in a work-from-home era

Data compiled by the Kansas City nonprofit LEANLAB Education found that 17 percent of Kansas City residents live without internet access. Digital inequities are also skewed along race and class — according to the data, lack of internet access is concentrated in neighborhoods east of Troost and disproportionately impacts communities of color and low-income families.