Bead Program Provides Federal Funding for Grants to States and Territories for Broadband Deployment Activities
FY2023 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-03
A single federal award, with both ends of the trail linked.
Award 2920B275N is a grant from the Department of Commerce to Department of Economic Development Missouri, $1.7B obligated, FY2023 to FY2041, for Bead Program Provides Federal Funding for Grants to States and Territories for Broadband Deployment…. The work is performed in Missouri. Source
Description
The Bead Program Provides Federal Funding for Grants to States and Territories for Broadband Deployment Activities. The Program's Principal Focus Is Deploying Broadband Infrastructure to Unserved Locations and Underserved Locations. The Proposed Project Includes the Following Activities: 1) Last-Mile Broadband Deployment Projects; 2) Programmatic Activities Associated with Bead (E.g., Challenge and Subgrantee Selection Processes), 3) Funds Set Aside for Future Broadband-Related Activities, and 4) Administration of the Grant. The Intended Beneficiaries Are the State of Missouri and Principally Broadband Unserved and Underserved Communities in the State. The Recipient Does Intend to Subaward Funds.