From: HUD USER News
HUD would like to make owners and managers
of public and
assisted housing aware of a new grant
opportunity being
offered through the Department of Commerce's
National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA).
As more and more types of transactions
related to
government, employment, health, job
training, and
education deliver services online,
access to broadband is
becoming increasingly necessary. In
response, the
Broadband Technology Opportunity Program
(BTOP) is making
funding available to connect unserved
and underserved
populations to this important infrastructure.
BTOP's funding is made available through
the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
to help achieve the
Administration's goal of providing
broadband access to
all Americans. Owners and managers
of low-income and
affordable housing serve the very populations
that BTOP
is attempting to reach, possess existing
infrastructure
(including Neighborhood Networks centers),
and other
resources that can be leveraged to
create a more
competitive grant application, and
ultimately, a more
viable and effective project.
There are two grant categories within
the BTOP that will
be applicable to housing organizations:
the Public
Computer Center Grant and the Sustainable
Broadband
Adoption Grant. Owners of multifamily
housing properties,
Public Housing Authorities, and other
housing groups may
wish to submit applications in partnership
with
organizations possessing expertise
in information
technology delivery and training.
Grant applications are being accepted
from July 14
through August 14, 2009. Electronic
applications will be
available on or about July 31st. Paper
applications for
grant requests of less then $1 million
will be accepted.
To obtain the Notice of Funding Availability
and
application materials, please
go to http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/info_lib.htm.
Informational workshops are being offered
by NTIA through
July only. To register, please
visit http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov/workshop.htm.
For additional information, please
contact:
The Broadband Technology Opportunities
Program
1401 Constitution Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20230
Tel. 202-482-2048
Email: btop@ntia.doc.gov
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