Pilot broadband grant
Active Project Grant Awarded
- Award ID
- CLSS00000117906
- Recipient
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Leaco Rural Telephone Coop Inc. UEI VT4KZ286EFD9
- Awarding agency
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Rural Utilities Service
Department of Agriculture
- Obligated
- $13,897,916
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 10.855 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants
- Completion date 39% complete
- Place of performance
- Hobbs, NM, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
About this award
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $13.897 million to Leaco Rural Telephone Coop Inc. on January 9, 2026, under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program (CFDA 10.855) to deploy broadband infrastructure and services in Hobbs, New Mexico.
The award funds a pilot broadband project with a period of performance through January 9, 2028. Place of performance is Hobbs, NM. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants program encourages the use of telemedicine, telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to provide educational and medical benefits through distance learning and telemedicine projects to people living in rural areas.
Leaco Rural Telephone Coop Inc. is a non-profit telecommunications cooperative. The recipient has previously received project grants totaling over $30 million from RUS under this program to expand telecommunications networks and advance broadband, distance learning, and telemedicine services in the Hobbs community.
Quick answers
Who received award CLSS00000117906?
CLSS00000117906 was awarded to Leaco Rural Telephone Coop Inc. by Rural Utilities Service (Department of Agriculture) on January 9, 2026.
How much is award CLSS00000117906 worth?
$13,897,916 has been obligated on CLSS00000117906.
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