FCC Adopts Second Funding Opportunity for ACP Outreach Grant Program

The Federal Communications Commission has directed the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau to offer an additional funding opportunity of up to $10 million for the National Competitive Outreach Grant Program (NCOP) and the Tribal Competitive Outreach Grant Program (TCOP), which are components of the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program. This maximum of $10 million will come from a combination of: (a) unspent funding – funding previously allocated to the Outreach Grant Program but not awarded; and (b) unobligated funding – funding from the $100 million Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) outreach budget that we have not yet allocated to specific outreach efforts. The FCC directed the Bureau to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to initiate the application process for this additional funding. This new funding opportunity for ACP outreach is intended to provide additional funding awards beyond the outreach grant awards announced by the FCC on March 10, 2023. For more information on the FCC's funding opportunity, visit here.