This $19,469,275 federal Project Grant was awarded on June 10, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The funding will support a two-year project by Alpha Enterprises Limited, Inc. (doing business as Michigan Broadband Services) to improve access to education, training, and healthcare services through advanced telecommunications technologies in the rural community of Carney, Michigan. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $848,462 Project Grant on September 12, 2024 to Caro Community Schools under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (CFDA 10.855) program. The grant will be used to improve access to educational and medical services in the rural Caro, Michigan area through advanced telecommunications technologies. Specifically, the funding will support the acquisition and deployment of audio, video, and information technologies to extend...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $500,000 Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Project Grant to Central Michigan University on December 16, 2024. The grant will fund the acquisition and deployment of telecommunications-enabled equipment, including audio, video, and information technologies, to extend educational and medical applications to underserved rural areas. The goal is to improve access to educational and medical services through advanced...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant to Northern Michigan University (NMU) under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The funding will support a 2-year project (June 2025 - June 2027) to improve access to educational and medical services through advanced telecommunications technologies in rural communities. NMU, a public university in Marquette, Michigan, will utilize the grant to acquire and...
The federal Project Grant award, provided by 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 acquisition and deployment of telecommunications-enabled equipment to extend educational and medical applications to the rural community of Delton, Michigan. The $2,538,466.00 grant, awarded on November 27, 2024, will enable Barry County Services Company to improve access to critical educational...
The Barry County Services Company was awarded a $5.388 million Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The funding will support the PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN GRANT project providing broadband internet access and related telecommunications services to residents in Delton, Michigan from March 2023 through March 2025. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants...
This federal Project Grant award of $825,556 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 fund the acquisition and deployment of telecommunications-enabled equipment, including audio, video, and information technologies, to extend educational and medical applications to the underserved rural community of Sandusky, Michigan. The primary goal is to bridge...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $193,983 Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Project Grant on February 1, 2024 to Great Lakes Recovery Centers, Inc., doing business as New Hope Treatment Centers, a non-profit organization in Ishpeming, Michigan. This funding supports the construction of a new integrated behavioral health facility to streamline care across addiction medicine, trauma, psychiatric, and residential services, and improve access to...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $7,592,507 Project Grant to Southwest Michigan Comm Inc. under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support the PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN GRANT to improve access to telemedicine and distance learning services for residents in Bloomingdale, Michigan through March 2025. Specifically, the additional funding will enable the grantee to complete broadband infrastructure...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $5,510,933 Project Grant to Consolidated Telephone Co., a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization based in Brainerd, Minnesota. The grant, provided under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855), will fund the deployment of telecommunications-enabled equipment and infrastructure to improve access to educational and medical services through advanced technologies in underserved rural areas....