The Montana Department of Administration received a $6,938,534.64 Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032). The purpose of this 5-year grant, spanning January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, is to implement Montana's Digital Equity Plan developed through a prior State Digital Equity Planning Grant. Key activities funded under this award include: providing...
This $10,752,090.73 Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032) will enable the Mississippi Department of Finance & Administration to implement the state's Digital Equity Plan. Key activities include partnering with public entities to provide digital skills training and device distribution, launching digital skills programs through government agencies, and...
The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, under the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the University of Montana to support a planning project titled "CC* CIRA: Improving Cyberinfrastructure to Advance Research and Education (ICARE+) Addressing Montana's Digital Equity Gap." This 2-year project, running from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2025, brings together the University of Montana,...
This $16,170,760.44 federal Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032) will be used by the Arizona Commerce Authority to implement the Arizona Digital Equity Plan. Key activities include establishing local and tribal digital equity specialists, supporting digital equity planning with a focus on rural areas, increasing telehealth access and digital health...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $5,784,349.60 Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032) to the Maine Connectivity Authority, a not-for-profit organization in Augusta, Maine. The purpose of this 5-year project grant is to implement Maine's comprehensive Digital Equity Plan, which includes the following key activities: Providing digital skills training, technical...
The State of Vermont Public Service Department was awarded a $5,299,150.18 Project Grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032) to implement the Vermont Digital Equity Plan. The key activities to be performed include: Creating a community-based digital skilling and technical support program to meet the needs of Vermonters. Establishing a capacity building subgrant program to...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032), is intended to implement the Puerto Rico Digital Equity Plan. The $9,807,187.39 grant, awarded on December 1, 2024, will fund several key activities, including launching a digital literacy and skills initiative, providing digital literacy training for residents, offering digital inclusion activities for major...
The Department of Economic Development Missouri received a $14,237,940.09 Project Grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032). The purpose of this 5-year grant, awarded on December 1, 2024, is to implement the Missouri Digital Equity Plan developed through a previous NTIA state planning grant. Key activities to be performed include supporting local and statewide digital equity...
This $9,011,588 federal Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032) will fund the implementation of West Virginia's Digital Equity Plan. Key activities will include launching digital skills and local digital equity planning programs, piloting a device distribution program, conducting annual program evaluations, and collecting baseline and outcome data such as the...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032), is intended to implement the American Samoa Digital Equity Plan. The $2,100,000 award, with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will fund activities such as: conducting outreach to underserved populations about affordability programs; coordinating initiatives to improve broadband...