WASHINGTON, D.C.(KMIT)- A government program called the Affordable Connectivity Program is available to help eligible households get the internet they need for work, school, health care and more.  Alejandro Roark is with the FCC.

He talks about different ways residents are eligible for the program.

Of the 20 million households in the US eligible for the program, about 3 million are rural households.  Roark says the FCC is working to get rural areas connected.

For more information including eligibility requirements, go to get internet dot gov.