Pilot broadband cost overrun grant

The County of Madison, New York, received a $2,625,846 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on March 29, 2023 to support the PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN GRANT. The grant funding will be used to encourage and improve the use of telemedicine, telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to provide educational and medical benefits through distance learning and telemedicine projects for rural residents in Madison County under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). Specifically, the grant funds will help address cost overruns for the County's efforts to expand broadband access and related distance learning/telemedicine services to rural areas as part of the federal program's goal of improving access to such technologies for the health and education of those living in rural locales.