Broadband Grant
Type: Federal
Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office: Rural Utilities Service
CFDA: 10.787
Federal FON: RIN-0572-ZA01
Multipart Grant: No App Due: 03/29/2010
Solicitation Date: 01/22/2010
Relevance: 1
Match Required: No
Actual Funds: $2,200,000,000 (Confirmed)
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to facilitate broadband deployment in rural communities. Ultimately, this program is designed to foster economic development in remote areas and improve the quality of life for rural residents. All projects must ensure that 75 percent of the funded area is in a rural region that lacks sufficient access to high-speed broadband service. Funding may also be provided for projects serving non-remote and underserved rural areas that have at least 50 percent of the premise in the area without broadband service at the rate of five Mbps.
The administering agency will favor projects that request a higher percentage of loan funds. Extra points will be assigned to projects that provide significant assistance to critical community facilities, promote rural economic development, support persistent poverty counties, serve chronically underserved areas, demonstrate cost effectiveness, offer low-cost service options, and/or provide for geographical diversity.
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In a previous fiscal year, the program officer stated that the number of awards that the funding agency will issue depends on the highest ranking applications and the amount of funding they are requesting.
