ACP Maps, Dashboards, and Tools: Which is Right for You?

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides eligible households with a subsidy toward their internet bill. Looking at data can help us fill the gaps in ACP enrollment and push for its renewal in Congress. Several organizations have recognized this need and have created tools that enable us to make informed statements and decisions around ACP. Below is a review of these tools and some suggestions for the best tool for different uses:

• Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) Enrollment and Claims Tracker: This dataset provided by USAC is the definitive source of ACP data, and all the rest of the tools are more user-friendly presentations of this data or combinations of this data with other sources. If you want to go straight to the source and create your own analysis or visualization of the data, this is where you should start. 
• Digital Progress' ACP Congressional Map: This tool’s clear focus on states and congressional districts makes it easy to quickly find enrollment data at those levels. We recommend using this tool to educate and inform federal policymakers about how vital ACP is in your state.
• Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) ACP Dashboard: Because it compares eligible households and actual enrollment, this tool can help local practitioners demonstrate the gap in their community in grant-writing processes. This strategy especially benefits those applying for the second round of ACP outreach grants.
• The Benton Institute's ACP Enrollment Performance Tool: The performance categories make this tool an excellent means of comparing high- and low-performance geographies. Local practitioners and state digital equity staff looking to create an ACP outreach strategy can use the performance categories to identify low-performing and high-performing areas. 
• EducationSuperHighway ACP Enrollment Dashboard: Because of the emphasis on statewide enrollment and eligibility, this is an excellent tool for state digital equity staff to determine how the state is doing compared to the national average and whether or not the governor has made it a priority.
• USASpending.gov: This tool allows you to see the broadband providers benefiting most from ACP in your state. This breakdown could help you identify potential provider partners who could strengthen advocacy or outreach efforts based on those providers that have been benefiting most from the program and those with significant market share in your area. ​