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Michigan Community Action Agency Association
Office Park West, 516 S. Creyts Road, Suite A, Lansing MI 48917, PH: (517) 321-7500 FAX: (517) 321-7504

Rural Development Utilities Programs Community Connect Grant Program

The Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant Program is designed to provide financial assistance to furnish broadband service in rural, economically-challenged communities where such service does not currently exist. Grant funds may be utilized to deploy broadband transmission service to critical community facilities, rural residents, and rural businesses and to construct, acquire, or expand, equip, and operate a community center that provides free access to broadband services to community residents for at least two years. Grants will be awarded, on a competitive basis, to entities serving communities of up to 20,000 inhabitants to ensure rural consumers enjoy the same quality and range of telecommunications service as are available in urban and suburban communities.

Federal-State Partnerships to Build Capacity in the Use of TANF and Related Administrative Data

Funds will be provided for States to improve their use of administrative data related to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program for research or management improvement including but not limited to (1) improving the analyses and uses of data currently gathered; (2) linking data sources to increase program operation efficiency and effectiveness, or to facilitate the conduct of program evaluation and research; and (3) incorporating the use of relatively new data sources such as the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH).

USDA Rural Development Rural Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program

The Rural Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program provides funding to assist Public Television Stations serving substantial rural populations in implementing the Federal Communications Commission’s mandated transition from analog to digital broadcasting. Grant funds may be used to acquire and install facilities and software necessary for the transition as well as equipment to facilitate local origination and management of programming. Grant funds may also be used for associated engineering and environmental studies.