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Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD)
Pennsylvania’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program is funded pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and provides more than $42 billion to expand access to high-speed internet across the United States. Pennsylvania received a total of $1,161,778,272.41 …
Funding Source
Agency: Pennsylvania Community & Economic Development
Eligibility
Eligible entities include those with the technical, managerial, and financial expertise to design, build, and operate high-speed broadband service infrastructure within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.<br /><br />Eligible applicants include:<br /><br />Cooperative organizations,<br />Not-for-profit organizations,<br />Public-private partnerships,<br />Private companies,<br />Public or private utility companies,<br />Public utility districts,<br />Municipalities or units of local government,<br />and internet service providers registered through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).<br />The PBDA has defined the BSAs for the BEAD Program. The boundaries for BSAs are based on U.S. Census Block Groups. An applicant’s proposed project area may consist of a single BSA or an aggregation of contiguous BSAs.<br />There is no minimum or maximum grant amount for any project.<br /><br />Projects require a minimum 25% share of the total project cost in matching funds.
Eligible entities include those with the technical, managerial, and financial expertise to design, build, and operate high-speed broadband service infrastructure within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Eligible applicants include:
Cooperative organizations,
Not-for-pr…
Dates
Application Opens: July 18, 2025
Application Deadline: August 18, 2025
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