Project Grant CLSS00000082297

The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $6.3 million Project Grant to Silver Star Telephone Company, Inc. of Freedom, Wyoming under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA #10.752). The grant funding will support infrastructure investments and jobs to expand broadband service in rural areas as part of the ReConnect Program. The ReConnect Program aims to facilitate broadband deployment in rural communities lacking sufficient access, with an essential goal...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Connec Train Corp., a minority-owned non-profit in West Virginia, a $1.208M grant under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The grant will fund activities to update the curriculum and upgrade equipment for Connec Train Corp.'s data cabling and fiber optic installation training program. The goal is to ensure the program delivers cutting-edge knowledge and skills...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded an $8.78 million Project Grant to Vpnet Inc. under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 8, 2022. The grant will support infrastructure investments and jobs to expand broadband service in Cidra, Puerto Rico through September 8, 2024. As a certified HUBZone small business, Vpnet Inc. will leverage the funding to facilitate broadband deployment in the rural municipality, helping achieve the ReConnect Program's...

This $24,956,035 federal Project Grant was awarded on July 14, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. The grant will fund the RECONNECT 100% GRANT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND JOBS ACT project over a 2-year period from July 2023 to July 2025. The project aims to expand broadband service and infrastructure to rural areas within the Pawnee Nation's jurisdiction that currently...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $34,905,000 ReConnect Program project grant to Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (DBA Cordova Telecom Cooperative) to expand broadband infrastructure and improve telemedicine and distance learning access in its rural service area in Cordova, Alaska. The ReConnect Program is a federal grant program (CFDA 10.752) that provides funding to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. Through this grant, Cordova Telephone...

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...

River Connectivity Solutions LLC was awarded a $206,498 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop cost effective alternatives to gated selective withdrawal systems at non-powered dams. The grant will support River Connectivity Solutions' research and development of river connectivity systems from June 2022 through March 2023. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program aims to transform...

The Department of Energy awarded a $205,571,038 Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) project grant to Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. The grant will fund the construction of 88.27 miles of 69 kV and 138 kV looped transmission lines to improve reliability and resilience for electric cooperative customers in rural disadvantaged communities in Illinois and Indiana. This project aims to build redundancy and strengthen the transmission infrastructure serving...

This federal Project Grant award of $492,214 from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration's Reconnecting Communities Pilot (CFDA 20.940) Discretionary Grant Program will support a collaborative effort to address infrastructure barriers and reconnect disadvantaged communities in Albany, NY. The grant recipient, Clean & Healthy New York Inc., will work with grassroots organizations to center the voices and priorities of community residents in developing plans and...

The federal Project Grant award of $30,323,227 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funds Dena Nena Henash, doing business as Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), a non-profit Alaska Native organization, to deliver broadband infrastructure and high-speed internet access in rural areas of interior Alaska. The grant supports the installation of fiber optic and ethernet cabling,...