Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $8.1 Million to Texas in ‘Internet for All’ Planning Grants

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Texas received its first “Internet for All” grants for deploying high-speed Internet networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative. Texas is receiving $8,110,148.10 in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to plan for the deployment and adoption of affordable, equitable, and reliable high-speed Internet service throughout the state. Texas will receive $5 million in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grants to fund various activities including:

• Helping close the broadband availability gap and the development of a Five-Year Action Plan;
• Research and data collection, including initial identification of unserved locations and underserved locations;
• Publications, outreach, and communications support.

Texas will receive $3,110,148.10 in Digital Equity Act grants to fund various activities including:

• Helping close the digital equity gap and the development of a Statewide Digital Equity Plan;
• Soliciting proposals through a competitive procurement process and issue contracts to support the development of the state digital equity plan;
• Working directly with organizations and nonprofits to reach the covered populations identified;
• Fostering partnerships by holding frequent subgrantee roundtables and other engagement activities;
• Establishing a digital equity planning coalition comprised of each subgrantee and potential other partners around the state.