Minnesota
Broadband Office
Name: Office of Broadband Development
Location: Dept. of Employment & Economic Opportunity (DEED)
Enabling Act: MN Stat. § 116J.39
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
---|---|---|---|
$651,839,368 |
$180,702,620 |
$4,950,871,391 |
$24,633,359 |
BEAD
Overview
Total Allocation: $651,839,368
Current Status: Funding Allocated
Five-Year Plan
Status: Draft Released
Due: 9/8/23
Link: 5-Year Plan
Initial Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: 12/27/23
Link: n/a
Final Proposal
Status: Unreleased
Due: TBD
Link: n/a
Digital Equity
Middle Mile
No IIJA Middle Mile awardees
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$4,950,871,391
- For Broadband
- $22,167,807 (0.4%)
CPF
- Total
-
$180,702,620
- For Broadband
- $126,491,834 (70%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program [CPF]
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $67M [most recent round; up to $30M can be used for a Low-Density Pilot Program]
Grantees: 2023 Grantees
Rules: FAQ [all other application information and details re previous grantees available here]
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
Municipalities | Yes (unserved areas only) |
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.↩︎