USDA - Rural Utilities Service - Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect)
Funding Agency
USDA - Rural Utilities Service
Federal Agency
USDA - Rural Utilities Service
Agency Overview
USDA Rural Development’s Rural Utilities Programs provide a variety of loans and grants to build and expand broadband networks. Loans to build broadband networks and deliver service to rural households and businesses, provide capital for rural telecommunications companies and broadband providers.
Program Name
USDA - Rural Utilities Service - Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect)
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Program Overview
ReConnect offers three types of funding options for broadband infrastructure to connect rural families, businesses, farms, ranches, schools, libraries, and public safety facilities to modern, high-speed internet. A rural area is eligible if it currently does not have sufficient access to broadband. The ReConnect grants, grant and loan combinations, and low-interest loans can be used to construct, improve, and acquire facilities that provide internet services to customers’ premises, with reliable technologies that are suitable for the type of rural community and the type of high-speed internet use.
Agency Contact
https://www.usda.gov/reconnect/contact-us
Program Purpose
- Broadband Infrastructure (e.g., construction)
Eligible Recipients
- State and Local Governments
- Tribal Entities
- Commercial/Internet Service Providers
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- Rural Recipients
- Electric Utilities/Co-ops
- Financial Institutions
Agency Contact
https://www.usda.gov/reconnect/contact-us
FY2019 Funding Amount
$500,000,000
FY2020 Funding Amount
$555,000,000
Additional Information
An additional $100 million in grant funding provided through the CARES Act
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reconnect-program-fact-sheet-508c.pdf
Brief Program Description
ReConnect offers three types of funding options for broadband infrastructure to connect rural families, businesses, farms, ranches, schools, libraries, and public safety facilities to modern, high-speed internet. A rural area is eligible if it currently does not have sufficient access to broadband.
Agency
- Department of Agriculture
Funding Name USDA - Rural Utilities Service - Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (ReConnect)
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