Minnesota
Broadband Office
Name: Office of Broadband Development
Location: Dept. of Employment & Economic Opportunity (DEED)
Enabling Act: MN Stat. § 116J.39
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
Total Allocation: $651,839,368
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $24,633,3593
Planning Grant: $881,905.10
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
Planning Grant: $881,905.10
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
NTIA Grant Program
TBD
Middle Mile
No IIJA Middle Mile awardees
ARPA
SLFRF
- Total4
-
$4,950,871,391
- For Broadband
- $12,843,636 (0.3%)
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]
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 07, 2025).↩︎
ACS 1-Year Data, 2023, 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.↩︎