Last week, the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) launched the Digital
Equity Capacity Grant Program (DE Capacity Program), which
makes funding available for all U.S. states, territories, and the
District of Columbia to implement their State Digital Equity
plans. This grant program is available under the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law and offers $1.44 billion in funding.
The program is integral to the Biden Administration’s Internet
for All initiative. It is the second of three Digital Equity Act
grant programs to empower individuals and communities with the
tools, skills, and opportunities to participate and benefit from
meaningful access to high-speed internet service.
Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), NTIA will make
over $800 million in funding available to states, territories,
and native entities. The tentative allocation of DE Capacity
Program funds available to California
is $70,226,453.82.
For more information about the program, please refer to
the press
release. The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is
available here.
