Project Grant AGOACOGP2340234

The Federal Communications Commission awarded a $420,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program (CFDA 32.011) to the Oregon Institute For A Better Way, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The grant will provide funding and resources to increase awareness and participation in the Affordable Connectivity Program among eligible low-income households in Oregon who need affordable broadband access for work, education, healthcare, and civic engagement. The grant...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $25,000,000 Rural eConnectivity (ReConnect) Program grant to Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative Inc. (dba Astac), a not-for-profit telecommunications provider in Alaska. The project grant, awarded on Aug 7, 2023, will fund infrastructure investments and job creation to expand broadband availability and connectivity in rural Alaskan communities over a 2-year performance period ending Aug 7, 2025. The ReConnect...

The Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc., doing business as Cordova Telecom Cooperative, received a $3 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on November 22, 2021. The grant is part of the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863) and will fund the deployment of broadband transmission services in Cordova, Alaska through November 22, 2023. The Community Connect Grant Program aims to encourage connectivity in rural communities lacking...

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029) to the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) in Sacaton, Arizona. The grant will subsidize broadband service for eligible tribal households, establish digital skills training and technology guidance for the community, and expand the GRTI fiber optic construction apprenticeship program. The award has a performance period from January...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.855 - Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants) awarded a $14,760,198 Project Grant to Coxcom, LLC on November 21, 2024. The grant funding is to be used over a two-year period ending November 21, 2026 to improve broadband infrastructure and telecommunications-enabled services in rural areas. The grant supports Coxcom's mission to bridge digital divides and provide enhanced broadband access to underserved rural...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,272,640 Community Connect Grant (CFDA 10.863) to Fibercloud, Inc. on September 27, 2024. The two-year grant project, set to be completed by September 27, 2026, aims to deploy broadband infrastructure and provide high-speed internet connectivity to rural, economically-challenged areas in Langley, WA that currently lack adequate broadband access. The grant funds will be used to construct fiber-optic broadband networks...

The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $15,369,133 ReConnect Program grant to Oregon Telephone Corp, a for-profit small disadvantaged business, to fund broadband infrastructure investments and telecommunication services in Mt. Vernon, Oregon. The ReConnect Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas lacking sufficient broadband access. As a project grantee, Oregon Telephone Corp will leverage the...

The Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Carolina Campus (UAGM-CC) was awarded a $1,510,941 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CFDA 11.028). The grant will support the UAGM-CC Broadband Digital Inclusion Project, which has five components to address digital inclusion challenges in Puerto Rico. Activities include providing low-income and in-need UAGM-CC students with computers,...

Accesson Networks Inc. was awarded a $17,467,025 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 12, 2022 to be completed by September 12, 2024. The grant is part of the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), which aims to improve the use of telecommunications and related technologies to provide educational and medical benefits through distance learning and telemedicine projects in rural areas. Under this award, Accesson...

The Department of Administration Services Bureau of Enterprise Systems & Technology (BEST) received a $9,183,114.07 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 the grant is to implement Connecticut's Digital Equity Plan, which includes the following key activities: Establishing two (2) intensive Digital Navigator pilot programs, one in an urban setting...