South Carolina Completes $400M ARPA Allocations

July 3, 2024 – The South Carolina Broadband Office announced on Tuesday that the conclusion of the American Rescue Plan Act’s State Local Fiscal Recovery Fund grant program resulted in a total commitment of  $400 million to provide high-speed internet access to over 112,300 unserved or underserved addresses.

The ARPA SLFRF 3.0 grant program is a competitive funding opportunity under the ARPA Act that supports states response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Many states chose to use these awards to fund the expansion of high-speed internet networks across the state. South Carolina used less than one percent of its money for projects other than broadband infrastructure.