Federal
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
02/10/22
02/22/22 11:59 AM Eastern
Grants and loans to USA and territories state and local government agencies, Tribes, nonprofit organizations, for-profits, and IHEs to expand broadband access in rural areas. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to finalize. Funding may be used for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service. Applicants may request grants, loans, or a combination of both.
To be eligible to receive ReConnect Program funds, a proposed project must meet the following criteria:
The Agency encourages applicants to consider projects that will advance the following key priorities:
In addition, the Agency would like to highlight the importance of creating good-paying jobs with strong labor standards.
GrantWatch ID#: 185321
Award amounts under the FOA will be limited as follows:
1. 100 Percent Grant Up to $350,000,000 is available for grants. The maximum amount of grant funds that can be requested in an application is $25,000,000. However, to encourage broadband deployment in remote areas, if an applicant provides supporting information that demonstrates that the PFSA(s) is comprised 100 percent of areas classified by the USDA Economic Research Service as Frontier and Remote Area (FAR) Level 4, the applicant may request up to $35,000,000. A GIS layer of FAR Level 4 areas can be found on the ReConnect Program Service Area Map.
2. 100 Percent Grant for Tribal Governments and Socially Vulnerable Communities: Up to $350,000,000 is available for grants. The maximum amount of grant funds that can be requested in an application is $25,000,000. However, to encourage broadband deployment in remote areas, if an applicant provides supporting information that demonstrates that the PFSA(s) is comprised 100 percent of locations within areas classified by the USDA Economic Research Service as FAR Level 4, the applicant may request up to $35,000,000. A GIS layer of FAR Level 4 areas can be found on the ReConnect Program Service Area Map.
3. 50 Percent Loan / 50 Percent Grant Combination: Up to $250,000,000 is available for loan/grant combinations. The maximum amount that can be requested in an application is $25,000,000 for the loan and $25,000,000 for the grant. Loan and grant amounts will always be equal.
4. 100 Percent Loan: Up to $200,000,000 is available for loans. The maximum amount that can be requested in an application is $50,000,000.
Applicants must demonstrate that the project can be completely built out within five years from the date funds are first made available.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Online applications will open November 24. See the URL for Full Text, below.
For general inquiries regarding the ReConnect Program, contact Laurel Leverrier, Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), email laurel.leverrier@usda.gov, telephone: (202) 720-9554.
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RUS-REC-2022
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