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<p class="MsoNormal">The Federal Communications Commission recently launched a <a href="AccedeaInternet.gov">
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are also <a href="https://www.affordableconnectivity.gov/help/tools/#instructions">
additional supporting materials</a> for the program and promotional materials in <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/acp-toolkit-arabic">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Further application support is available through the ACP Support Center in over 200 languages. To contact the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="eop">This is a great opportunity to do outreach with non-English speaking populations in your community … please help spread the word!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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