Project Grant NT10BIX5570100

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Wabash Telephone Cooperative Inc. a $24,278,745.00 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to fund infrastructure investments and job creation to expand broadband service in Louisville, IL by July 31, 2025. This grant, along with previous awards from the ReConnect Program, demonstrates Wabash Telephone Cooperative's role in implementing federal initiatives aimed at increasing high-speed internet...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $12.4 million Project Grant to Hamilton County Telephone Co-Op through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 2, 2022. The grant will support the expansion of broadband infrastructure and services in Dahlgren, Illinois through September 2, 2024. As the stated goal of the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program is to expand broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient connectivity, this award will likely...

The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,390,917 Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) Project Grant to Hamilton County Telephone Co-Op, a non-profit telecommunications company based in Dahlgren, Illinois. This funding will support the delivery of broadband infrastructure investments and related jobs in the region through July 2025. Hamilton County Telephone Co-Op has previously received over $49 million in federal grants from the Department of Agriculture...

The Shelby Electric Cooperative was awarded a $23.69 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 14, 2022 to be completed by September 14, 2024. The funding is provided through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA #10.752), which aims to expand broadband access in rural areas lacking sufficient connectivity. Under the award, Shelby Electric Cooperative will facilitate broadband deployment projects to increase broadband...

The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $12,000,000 Project Grant to Orangeburg County, South Carolina under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. The funding will be used to expand high-speed internet access and infrastructure in underserved communities within Orangeburg County over a 2-year period from July 2023 to July 2025. This grant supports the essential goal of the ReConnect Program to deliver...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Washington Office Rural Business Cooperative Services awarded a $149,250 Rural Business Development Grant (CFDA 10.351) to Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning, a U.S. local government entity operating as S I R P & D C. The grant will support the delivery of business and economic development services to rural communities in Illinois through July 2025. The grant funding will enable Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning to provide...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $18.1 million Project Grant to MC Donough Telephone Cooperative under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant will support infrastructure investments and jobs to expand broadband service in Colchester, Illinois from January 2023 through January 2025. Consistent with the goals of the ReConnect Program to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas without sufficient access, the funding will be used to...

This $2.13 million Economic Development Administration project grant supports the Northwest Central Indiana Community Partnerships, Inc. and Wabash Heartland Innovation Network in expanding broadband access across seven counties in northwest central Indiana. Funded activities include purchasing equipment for an inflatable aerostat system to provide cost-effective and reliable broadband services to the region. As part of the region's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, this improved connectivity...

This Project Grant award for $642,651.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funding will support the deployment of broadband infrastructure and services in the rural Jerseyville, IL region by the for-profit company Grafton Technologies, Inc. The overall goal is to expand high-speed internet connectivity to underserved rural communities to enable economic development and improve access...

The Regional Office of Education #26, a U.S. local government entity, received a $602,799 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855) on August 7, 2023. This two-year initiative will enable the Regional Office of Education #26 to deliver substance use disorder education using distance learning technologies to sites in Macomb, Illinois. As a subrecipient, the Regional...