Iowa
Broadband Office
Name: Office of the CIO
Location: Executive Branch
Enabling Act: IA Code § 8B.4
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$415,331,313 |
$152,176,435 |
$2,643,586,206 |
$17,200,059 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $415,331,313
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Status: Unreleased
Due: 8/18/23
Link: n/a
Initial Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: 12/27/23
Link: n/a
Final Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $17,200,0593
Planning Grant: $708,924.00
Link to Plan: n/a
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
Iowa Middle Mile Fiber Project
Applicant: MidAmerican Energy Company
Total Cost: $75,693,762
NTIA Award: $37,839,312
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$2,643,586,206
- For Broadband
- $208,276,944 (7.9%)
CPF
- Total
-
$152,176,435
- For Broadband
- $152,176,435 (100%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Empower Rural IA Broadband Grant Program
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $152.2M CPF [previously the CIO allocated well over $200M in grants to ISPs across the state; much of that funding came from the state]
Grantees: TBD [previous recipients of state grant funding listed here]
Rules: Application Checlist and other materials found here; IA Code § 8B.11, which created the state’s broadband fund and grant program, provides additional requirements
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
Municipalities | Yes (subject to rules) |
Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
Electric Cooperatives | Yes |
Investor-Owned Utilities | Yes |
Footnotes
FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated May 24, 2023).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2021, US Census Bureau.↩︎
ACLP Overview of IIJA Digital Equity Grant Programs.↩︎
Broadband infrastructure is one of several applicable uses of SLFRF funds.↩︎
Updated as of March 2023.↩︎
Updated as of September 2022.↩︎