The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $853,078 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to the Green County Board of Education, a U.S. local government entity and school district, to enable distance learning and telemedicine capabilities in the rural Greensburg, KY area. The funding will be used to acquire and implement telecommunications equipment, computer networks, and related advanced...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $998,316 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to the Webster County Board of Education in Dixon, Kentucky. 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 rural community. The goal is to improve access to...
This federal Project Grant award of $787,400 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) will support Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky to provide distance learning and telemedicine services to rural communities. The 2-year grant, awarded on August 7, 2023, will fund the acquisition of telecommunications technologies and infrastructure to remotely deliver educational and healthcare...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $893,140 Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant (CFDA 10.855) to the Henry County Board of Education in New Castle, Kentucky. The funding will support the acquisition and deployment of telecommunications-enabled equipment, including audio, video, and information technologies, to extend educational and telemedicine applications in the rural community. This project aims to improve access to educational and medical...
The Rural Utilities Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $1,309,453 Project Grant to Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Incorporated of Hindman, Kentucky. The grant funding supports broadband infrastructure expansion under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). Thacker-Grigsby Telephone will use the March 2023 grant award to deliver broadband internet access to underserved rural areas in Kentucky through March 2025. The Distance Learning...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $462,285 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to the Lake Cumberland District in Somerset, KY. The 2-year grant, which commenced on August 7, 2023, will support the use of telemedicine, telecommunications, and computer networks to deliver educational and medical benefits to rural populations through distance learning and telemedicine initiatives. The...
The Peoples Telecom, LLC was awarded a $1,795,115 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 grant will support the delivery of broadband internet access to rural communities in McKee, KY through Mar 2025. Specifically, the funding will be used to address cost overruns associated with the PILOT BROADBAND project, helping to ensure residents in the targeted rural area can...
The Mountain Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation (Mountain Telephone) was awarded a $9.38 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 21, 2022. The grant is part of the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), which aims to improve access to telemedicine and distance learning opportunities in rural areas through telecommunications and related technologies. Under the two-year award ending...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation, Inc. a $1,278,879 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support the PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN project providing broadband internet access to rural communities in La Center, KY from March 29, 2023 to March 29, 2025. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program aims to improve access to...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $3,329,252 Project Grant to Ardmore Telephone CO. Inc. under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant funding will support a PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN GRANT to encourage and improve the use of telecommunications and related technologies to provide educational and medical benefits through distance learning and telemedicine projects in Mayfield, KY from March 2023 through March...