Broadband Funding Opportunities for State and Local Government

September 26, 2023

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) includes an array of grants to expand access to high-speed internet. The table below provides background and context around the BIL broadband funding landscape. Note that local governments can also use funding from the American Rescue Plan State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to support broadband planning.

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Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) allocates $100 million every fiscal year from 2022-2024 to the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant Program, which is a program that provides grants to eligible public sector agencies to...

Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant Program

The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Discretionary Grant program invests in road, rail, transit, and port projects that promise to achieve national objectives. Previously known as the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage...

Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Grant Program

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) allocates $3.2 billion over the next five years to the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Grant Program formerly known as the Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant (NAEG) program, which is the first-ever federal...