Federal Funding
BroadbandUSA’s Federal Funding site connects you to funding opportunities that support broadband planning, digital inclusion, and deployment projects. The site allows you to filter programs by Agency/Department, Eligible Recipients, and/or Program Purpose by using the filter options on the left.
In November 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law and provided $65 billion for broadband. While these new funding opportunities are included in the federal funding website, additional information about the investment in high-speed internet can be found in the White House's Guidebook to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and on InternetForAll.gov. For information on state broadband programs and contact information for state-level broadband leaders please visit NTIA's state resources page.
This site is updated with information provided by federal agencies and the Federal Communications Commission as new funding becomes available. Information included in the Federal Funding site can be downloaded in PDF and spreadsheet formats as well as an Interactive Guide. Feedback on the site and its resources is always welcome. Please contact BroadbandUSA@ntia.doc.gov to provide input.
Please note: on mobile devices, filtering options may be found near the bottom of the page below the table of information.
The Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (Section 108) provides Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) recipients with the ability to leverage their annual grant allocation to access low-cost, flexible financing for economic development, housing, public facility, and infrastructure projects. Section108 can be used for communities to upgrade their broadband infrastructure to create more ‘connected’ communities.
Neighborhood Networks establishes multi-service community technology centers that bring digital opportunity and lifelong learning to low- and moderate-income residents living in HUD housing.
The Capital Fund Program provides annual formula based grants to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) for capital and management activities, including modernization and development of public housing. The Capital fund also permits PHAs to use Capital Funds for financing activities, including payments of debt service and customary financing costs, in standard PHA developments and in mixed-finance developments which include Public Housing.
Each year ARC provides funding for several hundred investments in the Appalachian Region, in areas such as business development, education and job training, infrastructure (including broadband), community development, and transportation. These projects create thousands of new jobs, improve local water and sewer systems, increase school readiness, assist local communities with strategic planning, and provide technical and managerial assistance to emerging businesses.
POWER is a congressionally-funded initiative that targets federal resources to help communities and regions that have been affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain industries due to the changing economics of America's energy production. Within the POWER Initiative, 1/3 of funding is specifically available for broadband-related projects.
The Community Infrastructure Fund was created to target physical infrastructure projects that help build safer, more resilient communities in the Delta region. The three areas of investment through this program target basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, and flood control project centered around economic development.
States' Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP) is a competitive grant program designed to support economic development activities across the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions. SEDAP addresses the DRA’s congressionally mandated four funding priorities: basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, workforce development, and business development.
Technical assistance to access infrastructure or adoption funding.
The Rural Business Development Grant program provides funding designed to support targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas that have fewer than 50 new employees and less than $1 million in gross revenues. Programmatic activities are separated into enterprise or opportunity type grant activities.
The Community Connect program helps fund broadband deployment in rural communities where it is not yet economically viable for private-sector providers to deliver service. The grants offer financial assistance to eligible service providers that will construct, improve, or expand broadband networks in rural areas.