This federal Project Grant award of $558,110.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in delivering distance learning and telemedicine services to rural populations over a 2-year period from August 2023 to August 2025. The funding will enable the acquisition of advanced telecommunications equipment, computer...
This federal Project Grant award of $261,687.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855), will fund the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's efforts to improve telecommunications-enabled educational and medical services in rural areas. The grant supports the acquisition and deployment of advanced audio, video, and information technologies to extend distance learning programs and telemedicine...
The Cherokee Nation received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The purpose of this 2-year grant is to improve access to educational and healthcare services in rural areas through advanced telecommunications technologies. Specifically, the funding will enable the Cherokee Nation to acquire and implement equipment, computer networks, and...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $138,909,450 Project Grant under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029) to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The grant funding will support the construction of 228.9 miles of fiber broadband infrastructure to provide service to 984 unserved Native households, 2 community anchor institutions, and 3 Native businesses in 4 Choctaw Nation counties. The project aims to improve the quality of life for tribal...
This $995,779.00 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) will support the delivery of distance learning and telemedicine services to rural areas in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Public School Resource Center, Inc. The 2-year grant, awarded on August 7, 2023, will enable the acquisition of advanced telecommunications equipment, computer networks, and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $6,750,500 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to Kanokla Shidler, LLC, a subsidiary of Kanokla Networks. The grant, awarded on November 22, 2023, will fund a 2-year pilot project to deploy broadband infrastructure and telecommunications-enabled equipment and technologies to expand access to distance learning and telemedicine services for rural communities in...
The federal Project Grant award of $2,907,847.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (CFDA 10.567 - Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations) to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The grant will fund the operation of food distribution sites and the delivery of nutrition education services to support low-income Native American households living on or near Indian reservations. The two-year project grant, with a performance period from October 1,...
The University of Oklahoma (OU) was awarded a $861,190 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The funding will support a 2-year project to improve access to education, training, and healthcare services in rural areas through the deployment of telecommunications-enabled information, audio and video equipment, and related advanced technologies for telemedicine...
The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $13.9 million Project Grant to the Osage Nation to support broadband deployment and distance learning programs. The grant falls under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), which aims to improve access to telemedicine and distance learning technologies in rural areas through telecommunications infrastructure development and related projects. Funding will support the Osage...
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma was awarded a $2.9 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children federal grant program (CFDA 84.299) to support the CHOCTAW - PROJECT PEHLICHI initiative. Funding will support the delivery of two grant programs from October 1, 2018 through December 30, 2022, including the Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth program (CFDA...