The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) through the Office of Statewide Broadband (OSB) is administering funding for the Digital Inclusion Grant Program (MD-DIG).
Donor Name: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
State: Maryland
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2022
Size of the Grant: $75,000
Details:
This grant opportunity will enable access to high-speed internet and expand digital literacy.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant request amount for Digital Inclusion Planning is $30,000 and the minimum amount is $5,000.
- The maximum grant request amount for Digital Inclusion Implementation is $75,000 and the minimum amount is $10,000.
Eligible Use of Fund
- To develop a digital inclusion plan and/or to implement digital inclusion activities.
- To facilitate the adoption of broadband by covered populations in order to provide educational and employment opportunities to those populations.
- To implement (i) training programs that cover basic, advanced, and applied skills; or (ii) other workforce development programs.
- To construct, upgrade, expand, or operate new or existing public access computing centers for covered populations through community anchor institutions.
Funding Criteria
- Digital Inclusion Planning: Financial assistance for up to 50% of the cost of a Digital Inclusion Plan will be provided.
- Digital Inclusion Program Implementation: The Office will facilitate the award of financial assistance for up to 100% for the implementation, expansion, or continuation of Digital Inclusion Program(s).
- Only applications that are fully complete at submission will be considered for funding.
- MD-DIG program is a competitive funding opportunity and individual grant amounts may be reduced relative to requests and/or based on the impact of the applicant’s intended population and ability to deploy funds responsibly and as soon as possible.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply, an applicant must meet one of the following criteria:
- be a local government (Counties & Municipalities);
- be a foundation, corporation, institution, association, or coalition that is – (i) a not-for-profit IRS approved 501(c) entity and (ii) providing services within the State of Maryland;
- a community-based anchor institution.
For more information, visit Digital Inclusion.
