4920B094

Purpose: The purpose of this grant is to support closing the broadband availability gap and support the development of a five-year action plan.

The proposed project includes the following planning and pre-deployment activities:

- Research and data collection, including initial identification of unserved locations and underserved locations consistent with rules, regulations, and processes the commission has established for making determinations in broadband data maps.
- Publications, outreach, and communications support.
- Providing technical assistance to potential subgrantees, including through workshops and events.
- Training for employees of the broadband program or office of eligible entity or employees or political subdivisions of eligible entity, and related staffing capacity or consulting or contracted support to effectuate goals of the BEAD program.
- Establishing, operating, or increasing capacity of a broadband office that oversees broadband programs and broadband deployment in an eligible entity.
- Asset mapping across the eligible entity to catalogue broadband adoption, affordability, equity, access, and deployment activities occurring within the eligible entity.
- Costs associated with meeting the local coordination requirements in Section IV.C.1.C of this NOFO, including capacity building at the local and regional levels or contracted support.
- Conducting surveys of unserved, underserved, and underrepresented communities to better understand barriers to adoption.

Expected Outcomes: The expected outcomes of Utah's proposed project, "All Utah," are a five-year action plan that focuses on strengthening current partnerships, increasing outreach, collecting relevant data, and building out infrastructure in the rural and other unserved areas of the state, as well as supporting digital affordability, access, and literacy programs. More specifically, the plan will be supported by precise assessment of current speeds; strengthened public support and better understanding of barriers; increased capacity of local groups to receive and administer funds and develop strategic plans related to expansion; greater capacity for project implementation; and informed digital equity plans and strategies. The BEAD program will support Utah's efforts to provide equitable broadband access across the state.

Intended Beneficiaries: The intended beneficiaries are unserved and underserved groups in the state of Utah, with a focus on rural and unserved populations.

Subrecipient Activities: The recipient does intend to subaward funds to not yet defined local, county, tribal, and regional leadership organizations.

Governor's Office Of Economic Opportunity

NOT APPLICABLE

11.035 - Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [DOC]

Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-1004 United States

Single Zip Code

Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (NTIA-BEAD-2022)

Infrastructure $3,422,425 (100%) percent this Project Grant was funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Act.
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 11/14/27 to 06/30/32 and the total obligations have decreased 32% from $5,000,000 to $3,422,425.