Reconnect 100% grant infrastructure investments and jobs act

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $735,294 project grant to Canby Telephone Association (doing business as Directlink) on May 6, 2026, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752), commonly known as the ReConnect Program.

The award funds broadband infrastructure deployment in Canby, Oregon to expand rural broadband access. The ReConnect Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations to bring broadband service to rural areas lacking sufficient connectivity, defined at minimum as 25 megabits per second downstream and 3 megabits per second upstream. Grant and loan/grant combination applications are competitively scored based on rurality, the number of farms, businesses, healthcare, educational, and critical community facilities served, service performance, state broadband activity alignment, and presence of tribal lands in the funded service area.

Performance runs through May 6, 2028. Funds are disbursed at the recipient's request only after all other funding sources have been obtained and pre-award conditions are satisfied. The recipient must maintain financial records and audited financial statements per 7 CFR part 1770 and comply with 2 CFR 200.334.