[1st-mile-nm] Taos Pueblo awarded NTIA TBC Program Grant

[Richard Lowenberg]

The US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded the first three grants as 
part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. These initial awards, 
totaling nearly $1.4 million, are being made to the Taos Pueblo (NM), 
the Upper Mattaponi Tribe (VA), and the Sokaogon Chippewa Community 
(WI).

Two of the grants will support the provision of broadband services, 
computers, and digital skills training to tribal members and one will 
fund a tribal broadband planning project.

NTIA is continuing to review the more than 280 remaining applications 
received during the application window, which closed on September 1, 
2021. The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program, which was funded by the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, makes $980 million available 
for grants to eligible Native American, Alaska Native, and Native 
Hawaiian entities for broadband deployment, digital inclusion, workforce 
development, telehealth, and distance learning. The recently enacted 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides an additional $2 billion 
in funding for this program. NTIA anticipates issuing a new Notice of 
Funding Opportunity for the additional funds.

https://www.benton.org/headlines/ntia-awards-first-grants-tribal-groups-seeking-expand-broadband


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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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