Community Connect Grant Program
The summary for the Community Connect Grant Program grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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Community Connect Grant Program: The provision of broadband transmission service is vital to the economic development, education, health, and safety of rural Americans. The purpose of the Community Connect Grant Program is to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to eligible applicants that will provide currently unserved areas, on a "community-oriented connectivity" basis, with broadband service that fosters economic growth and delivers enhanced educational, health care, and public safety services. Rural Utilities Service will give priority to rural areas that it believes have the greatest need for broadband services, based on the criteria contained herein. Grant authority will be used for the deployment of broadband service to extremely rural, lower-income communities on a "community-oriented connectivity" basis. The "community-oriented connectivity" concept will stimulate practical, everyday uses and applications of broadband facilities by cultivating the deployment of new broadband services that improve economic development and provide enhanced educational and health care opportunities in rural areas. Such an approach will also give rural communities the opportunity to benefit from the advanced technologies that are necessary to achieve these goals. Please see 7 CFR 1739, subpart A for specifics. This notice has been formatted to conform to a policy directive issued by the Office of Federal Financial Management (OFFM) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), published in the Federal Register on June 23, 2003. This Notice does not change the Community Connect Grant Program regulation (7 CFR 1739, subpart A).
Federal Grant Title: | Community Connect Grant Program |
Federal Agency Name: | Utilities Programs |
Grant Categories: | Community Development |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | RDRUS-CC-2012 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 10.863 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Community Connect Grant Program |
Current Application Deadline: | Jun 18, 2012 |
Original Application Deadline: | Jun 18, 2012 |
Posted Date: | May 07, 2012 |
Creation Date: | May 07, 2012 |
Archive Date: | Jul 18, 2012 |
Total Program Funding: | $10,372,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $1,500,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $100,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - For profit organizations other than small businesses - Small businesses
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Kenneth Kuchno Director, Broadband Division Phone 202-690-4389
email address [[email protected]] - Similar Government Grants
- • Community Connect
- • Communitity Connect
- • Community Connect Broadband Grant Program
- • Rural Development Utilities Programs Community Connect Grant Program
- • Rural Development Rural Utilities Community Connect Grant Program
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