路易斯安那州宣布约1800万美元数字技能奖励：11家机构将获2.5万多台苹果设备
路易斯安那州州长 Jeff Landry 与州宽带发展与连接办公室（ConnectLA）2026年11月10日在该州 Alexandria 举行的路易斯安那数字技能与技术峰会上宣布，约1,800万美元的 ÉTOUFFÉE 奖励正式落地：通过一项与苹果公司（Apple）首度开展的合作，全州11家从事成人教育与劳动力培训的机构将获得2.5万多台 Mac 电脑与 iPad 平板，让更多居民能就近用上数字设备。
ÉTOUFFÉE 是 ConnectLA 管理的设备分发计划，名称取自「为你和家人提升技术机会、助力教育与创业」的英文首字母缩写，资金来自美国财政部（U.S. Department of the Treasury）的资本项目基金（Capital Projects Fund）。ConnectLA 正与苹果公司、SHI 以及路易斯安那州技术服务办公室共同执行这项计划。
获奖机构共11家，包括 Bastion 退伍军人健康中心、Franklin Parish、路易斯安那社区与技术学院系统（Louisiana Community and Technical College System）、Pointe Coupée Parish、Savoy Medical、Southeastern Louisiana University、Southern University and A&M College、Southern University at New Orleans、St. Joseph 镇、White Castle 镇与 West Ascension Parish Hospital，覆盖高校、退伍军人服务组织与乡村医疗机构。
其中，路易斯安那社区与技术学院系统获得最大一份奖励，约1.3万台设备。该系统将配套提供数字技能培训，帮助学员在家门口上课、为求职做准备，并使用各类在线服务。
Landry 在宣布时表示，州政府正在把高速互联网带到路易斯安那州乡村地区、为全州吸引新工作；对上完一整班、最近的课堂却在另一个堂区的人来说，有一台电脑、再有人教怎么用，就意味着可以在自家厨房餐桌上把课上完。他说，这正是州政府持续投入、帮助更多路易斯安那人靠本事挣到好收入的方式。
这项奖励是路易斯安那州宽带建设计划的一部分。该州此前已启动大规模光纤宽带部署，ÉTOUFFÉE 则补上设备与技能一环：网络通到家之后，居民手里还要有能用的设备、还要会用。
Louisiana Announces About $18 Million in Digital Skills Awards: 11 Organizations to Receive More Than 25,000 Apple Devices
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity, known as ConnectLA, announced on November 10, 2026, at the Louisiana Digital Skills and Technology Summit in Alexandria, Louisiana, that approximately $18 million in ÉTOUFFÉE awards had been finalized. Through a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Apple, 11 Louisiana organizations that provide adult education and workforce development will receive more than 25,000 Mac and iPad devices to make digital opportunities more accessible across the state.
ÉTOUFFÉE is a device distribution program administered by ConnectLA. Its name stands for Enhancing Technological Opportunity for yoU and your Family to Foster Education and Enterprise, and it is funded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Capital Projects Fund. ConnectLA is working with Apple, SHI, and the Louisiana Office of Technology Services to deliver the program.
The 11 recipients are the Bastion Veterans Wellness Center, Franklin Parish, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, Pointe Coupée Parish, Savoy Medical, Southeastern Louisiana University, Southern University and A&M College, Southern University at New Orleans, the Town of St. Joseph, the Town of White Castle, and West Ascension Parish Hospital, spanning colleges, veterans service organizations, and rural health facilities.
The Louisiana Community and Technical College System will receive the largest award, about 13,000 devices. The system will also provide digital skills training so people can take classes, prepare for jobs, and access online services close to home.
Announcing the awards, Landry said the state is bringing high-speed internet to rural Louisiana and attracting new jobs across the state. For someone who has worked a full shift when the nearest class is a parish away, he said, having a computer and someone to show them how to use it can mean taking that class right at their kitchen table.
The awards form part of Louisiana's broader broadband buildout. The state has already launched large-scale fiber deployment, and ÉTOUFFÉE addresses the device and skills side: once the network reaches a home, residents still need a device they can use, and the skills to use it.
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图片来源：图：位于 Baton Rouge 的路易斯安那州议会大厦。WClarke 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. Photo by WClarke, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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