Community connect grant

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $2.272 million to Fibercloud, Inc. on May 6, 2026, under the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863) to deploy broadband transmission service in rural communities where such service does not currently exist and to connect critical community facilities.

Fibercloud, Inc., a for-profit broadband provider doing business as Fibercloudpnw, will perform the work in Langley, Washington 98260. The award period runs through May 6, 2028. The Community Connect Grant Program provides competitive grants to eligible applicants—incorporated organizations, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, state or local units of government, or other legal entities including cooperatives and private corporations—that meet legal capacity requirements to own and operate broadband facilities. Applicants generally have three years to expend funds, with extensions available; funds are advanced monthly or as needed to reimburse approved disbursements. Award recipients must comply with audit requirements under 7 CFR 1773 and records retention requirements under 2 CFR 200.334.