The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants (NLG) program (CFDA 45.312) to expand an existing WiFi hotspot lending program in 14 rural counties in Alabama from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022. APLS aims to increase reliable internet access in these counties marked by high poverty and low household connectivity through distributing WiFi hotspots for patron...
The Queens Borough Public Library (QPL) received a $100,282 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program. The grant will support QPL's initiative to provide mobile hotspots and online connectivity for underserved populations in Queens, New York. Specifically, QPL will loan mobile hotspots to borrowers of all ages in neighborhoods with low broadband use and no household internet access. This will expand QPL's Queens Connect...
The Broward County Library will use a $187,544 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop a "BCL to Go - Workforce Ready" program. Through this program, the library will provide 60 mobile workstations equipped with workforce development and educational applications to residents in six zip codes impacted by high unemployment and COVID-19. Each kit will include a table with an internet hotspot to serve as a portable workstation. Users will be able to...
The Public Library Service of Alabama was awarded a $4.11 million Formula Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) to support its five-year plan for fiscal years 2018 through 2022. The plan focuses on strengthening public library capacity, expertise, and governance; supporting library programs, services, collections, and partnerships; and providing information access to all populations. Under the award, the Public Library Service...
This $13,702,566 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 Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) to implement the state's Digital Equity Plan. The key activities to be performed include: Enabling digital skills development through training courses Supporting digital workforce development Expanding opportunities to learn...
The New York Public Library was awarded a $249,999 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program to pilot a one-year private wireless broadband network utilizing Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum. The library will test and evaluate deploying a private CBRS-based broadband network to deliver reliable 4G internet services to targeted neighborhoods in New York City. Through this project, the library seeks to determine the...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Alabama Public Library Service $3.072 million under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) on April 8, 2021 to complete projects by September 30, 2022. The funding will support equipment upgrades at the Alabama Public Library Service and 17 additional sub-awardees across Alabama to strengthen digital inclusion and library services in responding to pandemic impacts. The Grants to States program aims to provide access to information...
The Hayneville Telephone Co Inc. was awarded a $24,781,800 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 7, 2022 to be completed by September 7, 2024. The funding is provided through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA #10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas without sufficient access. Under the award, Hayneville Telephone Co Inc. will use the grant funding to expand broadband service infrastructure and connectivity in...
The Clarks Point Village Council was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029). The grant will fund the Broadband Use and Adoption Project to provide all tribal members in Clarks Point, Alaska who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with zero-cost access to technology, internet services, remote learning/training courses, telework...
The Alabama State University was awarded a $5,999,390.74 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CFDA 11.028). The grant will support expanding broadband internet access and digital literacy programs on the ASU campus and in the surrounding Paterson Court anchor community in Montgomery, Alabama through February 2025. Specifically, ASU will use the funding to expand its...