Virginia
Broadband Office
Name: VA Office of Broadband
Location: Dept. of Housing & Community Development (DHCD)
Enabling Act: VA Code §2.2-205.2 [setting forth the duties of the state’s Chief Broadband Advisor]
Location: Dept. of Housing & Community Development (DHCD)
Enabling Act: VA Code §2.2-205.2 [setting forth the duties of the state’s Chief Broadband Advisor]
Connectivity Snapshot
Federal Funding
Summary
| BEAD | CPF | ARPA | DE |
|---|---|---|---|
$1,481,489,573 |
$219,812,354 |
$7,112,537,966 |
$35,486,230 |
BEAD
Total Allocation: $1,481,489,573
Digital Equity
State Grants
Capacity Grant: $35,486,2303
Planning Grant: $1,222,076.45
Link to Plan: Digital Equity Plan
Summary of Uses: n/a
Planning Grant: $1,222,076.45
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
-
$7,112,537,966
- For Broadband
- $552,657,105 (7.8%)
CPF
- Total
-
$219,812,354
- For Broadband
- $219,812,354 (100%)
- Program Link
State Funding
Recent Programs5
VA Telecommunications Initiative (VATI)
Agency: Broadband Office
Allocation: $219.8M [CPF]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: FY2023 Guidelines [Draft FY 2024 guidelines, which will presumably apply to CPF grants, will be released in April and finalized in May]
Allocation: $219.8M [CPF]
Grantees: TBD
Rules: FY2023 Guidelines [Draft FY 2024 guidelines, which will presumably apply to CPF grants, will be released in April and finalized in May]
Policies
Non-Traditional ISPs6
Pemitted to Offer Broadband
| Municipalities | Yes (subject to rules) |
| Municipal Electric Utilities | Yes |
| Electric Cooperatives | Yes (guardrails) |
| Investor-Owned Utilities | Yes |
Footnotes
FCC National Broadband Map Data, as of December 31, 2022 (updated July 25, 2024).↩︎
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.↩︎