Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director for Michigan has announced that $25 million is now available through the Broadband Technical Assistance Program to help local organizations, cooperatives and Tribes expand affordable, high-speed internet projects in rural communities.
The BTA program provides funding to help communities and organizations receive or deliver broadband technical assistance and training that will expand high-speed internet into rural and Tribal communities.
This includes providing funding for feasibility studies, network designs, hiring efforts, application development assistance and more.
Under the Technical Assistance Providers category, applicants must propose to deliver broadband technical assistance that will benefit rural communities. Up to $15 million is available. The minimum award is $100,000. The maximum is $1 million.
Applications must be submitted electronically using Grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 20th of this year.
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