Digital Inclusion

NTIA Announces a Fraction of Digital Equity Grant Awards

The agency has already committed to awarding $900 million for the program, a spokesperson said.

Gabriel Dorner

Jan 7, 2025 — 2 min read

Photo of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo from NPR by Susan Walsh.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2025 – The National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced Monday that it planned to award $254 million in digital inclusion grant funding, although the announcements were only for a small fraction of the program's funding.

Under the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program, a part of the bipartisan infrastructure law of November 2021, up to $1.25 billion was allocated to the program.

The awards are being “announced on a rolling basis,” said an NTIA spokesperson, adding that the Notice of Funding Availability commits the department to awarding $900 million for the program.

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