Maryland
Broadband Office
Name: Office of Statewide Broadband
Location: Dept. of Housing & Community Development (HCD)
Enabling Act: MD Code, Housing & Community Development, § 6.5-101 et seq.
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$267,738,401 |
$171,223,815 |
$5,861,998,972 |
$24,761,104 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $267,738,401
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Status: Unreleased
Due: 9/8/23
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: $24,761,1043
Planning Grant: $966,659.11
Link to Plan: n/a
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
BGE Underground Fiber Project
Applicant: Baltimore Gas & Electric
Total Cost: $30,889,370
NTIA Award: $15,438,845
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$5,861,998,972
- For Broadband
- $210,867,067 (3.6%)
CPF
- Total
-
$171,223,815
- For Broadband
- $94,173,098 (55%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Maryland Network Infrastructure Grant Program [CPF]
Agency: Office of Statewide Broadband; HCD
Allocation: $95M
Grantees: 2023 Awardees
Rules: Application Guide (Oct. 2022)
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
Municipalities | Yes |
Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
Electric Cooperatives | Yes (guardrails) |
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.↩︎