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# Wisconsin Allocates $115 Million in Broadband Funding for Anchor Institutions
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/wisconsin-allocates-115-million-in-broadband-funding-for-anchor-institutions/
- Published: 2024-10-09T14:33:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:02:56.000Z
- Description: Grants will fund libraries and community centers in 35 communities
- Author: Ari Bertenthal
- Tags: COVID, Wisconsin, state broadband, #with-siderail, DOA, Tony Evers, FFP, CPF, BEAD

Oct. 9, 2024 - Wisconsin is providing $115 million to support internet access, tapping federal funds overseen by the state’s Department of Administration.

The [funding announced Monday](https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIGOV/bulletins/3ba7e99?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) by Wisconsin Governor **Tony Evers** (D) would flow to libraries and community centers in 35 local and tribal communities under the state’s Flexible Facilities Program.

Wisconsin’s grant programs were funded by the U.S. Treasury Department’s [Capital Projects Fund](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/how-states-are-using-money-from-the-capital-projects-fund/).

The state plans to fund internet service and connectivity equipment to disadvantaged populations who were most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and have limited or no access to broadband internet.

“These investments will help build upon our work to [close the digital divide](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/digital-equity-executives-advise-on-closing-digital-divide/), especially in our rural areas and communities,” Evers said. “\[I’m proud to work with\] state agencies and federal partners to help bolster our public infrastructure.”

Wisconsin will [eventually gain access to](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/bead-roundup-seven-more-challenge-portals-open/) more than $1 billion in funding from the Biden Administration’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.