Reconnect 100% grant infrastructure investments and jobs act

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Tanana Chiefs Conference $35 million on May 6, 2026, under the ReConnect Program (CFDA 10.752) for broadband deployment and retail services across interior Alaska villages. The award obligates $35 million and runs through May 6, 2028, with place of performance in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Tanana Chiefs Conference, a tribally owned Alaska Native non-profit corporation and consortium of 37 federally recognized tribes, delivers broadband infrastructure deployment serving approximately 16,000 Alaska Natives across 235,000 square miles in 42 interior villages and six subregions. The ReConnect Program expands broadband service to rural areas without sufficient access, defined as a minimum of 25 megabits per second downstream and 3 megabits per second upstream, through loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards. Funds are disbursed at the recipient's request only after all other funding sources have been obtained and pre-award conditions met. The assistance type is a Project Grant.