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The Community Connect Broadband Grant Program (Community Connect Grant Program) is designed to provide financial assistance to provide service at the Broadband Grant Speed in rural, economically-challenged communities where broadband service does not currently exist.
Grant funds may be used to:
(1) deploy service at the Broadband Grant Speed to critical community facilities, rural residents, and rural businesses, (2) construct, acquire, or expand a community center, and (3) equip a community center that provides free access to service at the Broadband Grant Speed to community residents for at least two years.
Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis for entities to serve all premises in eligible rural areas at the Broadband Grant Speed to ensure rural consumers enjoy the same quality and range of broadband services as are available in urban and suburban communities.
Grant funds may be used to:
(1) deploy service at the Broadband Grant Speed to critical community facilities, rural residents, and rural businesses, (2) construct, acquire, or expand a community center, and (3) equip a community center that provides free access to service at the Broadband Grant Speed to community residents for at least two years.
Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis for entities to serve all premises in eligible rural areas at the Broadband Grant Speed to ensure rural consumers enjoy the same quality and range of broadband services as are available in urban and suburban communities.
Who's Eligible
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Program Web Site
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligibility Information 1.
Eligible Applicants: American Indian/Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized) • American Indian/Alaska native tribally designated organizations • Alaska Native health corporations • Colleges • Community-based organizations • Faith-based organizations • For-profit organizations (other than small business) • Hospitals • Nonprofit with 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) • Nonprofit without 501C3 IRS status (other than institution of higher education) • Political subdivisions of States (in consultation with States) • Research institutions (that will perform activities deemed as non-research) • Small, minority, and women-owned businesses • State and local governments or their Bona Fide Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) .
• Tribal epidemiology centers • Universities • Urban Indian health organizations 2.
Special Eligibility Requirements: None.
3.
Justification for Less than Maximum Competition: NA.
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Other Eligible Entities: NA.
5.
Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost sharing or matching funds are not required for this program.
Although there is no statutory match requirement for this FOA, leveraging other resources and related ongoing efforts to promote sustainability is strongly encouraged.
Examples include complementary foundation funding, other US government funding sources including programs supported by the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies such as the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Park Service, and other funding sources.
Applicants should coordinate with multiple sectors, such as public health, transportation, education, health care delivery, agriculture and others.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/community-connect-grants
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Date Posted:
2018-03-15
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Archive Date:
2018-06-13
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