Biden-Harris Administration Awards Nearly $5.7 Million to Kansas in ‘Internet for All’ Planning Grants

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Kansas 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. Kansas is receiving $5,692,606.99 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. Kansas will receive $4,999,942.61 in Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) grants to fund various activities including:

• Development of a 5-year action plan;
• Identification of unserved and underserved locations;
• Capacity building of the Kansas Office of Broadband Development programming.

Kansas will receive $692,664.38 in Digital Equity Act grants to fund various activities including:

• Development of a statewide digital equity plan to support closing the digital equity gap;
• Recruit staff and contractual expertise to aid in plan development;
• Conducting digital inclusion asset mapping and stakeholder engagement.