Project Grant NT10BIX5570108

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...

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...

Commonwealth Edison Company, doing business as ComEd, was awarded an $83.75 million project grant from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033). The grant will fund the deployment of a 446-mile fiber network across underserved communities in Chicago to increase broadband access. Specifically, ComEd will construct 30 strategic interconnection points and additional fiber capacity...

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...

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...

This Project Grant award of $8,842,647.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The funding will be used by Northeast Missouri Rural Telephone Company to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas without sufficient access to broadband services. The project aims to expand broadband service in the Green City, MO 63545 area and is scheduled for completion by June 15, 2025. The essential goal of...

The Regional Office of Education 45, doing business as the Monroe-Randolph Regional Office of Education, received a $808,553 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant funding will be used to improve telecommunications access and deploy advanced technologies, such as audio, video, and information technologies, to extend educational and medical services to...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $5.7 million Project Grant to Chibardun Telephone Cooperative, Inc. under the Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities program (CFDA 11.300) on August 26, 2021. The funding will support Chibardun installing over 70 miles of broadband fiber-optic cable across Barron and Washburn Counties in Wisconsin. This infrastructure buildout will serve as the backbone for future broadband expansion by the awardee to increase internet...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the State Digital Equity Planning and Capacity Grant Program (CFDA 11.032) provides $23,732,912.78 to the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to implement the state's Digital Equity Plan. The key activities include: Creating a dashboard and data analytics approach to measure progress towards digital equity, co-designing a grant program with stakeholders,...