Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $6.4 Million to Georgia in ‘Internet for All’ Planning Grants

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awards Georgia 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. Georgia is receiving $6,429,207.61 in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to plan for the deployment and adoption of affordable, equitable, and reliable high-speed Internet throughout the state. Georgia will receive $4,999,994.65  from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant to fund:

• Identification of unserved and underserved locations;
• Efforts to support local coordination including outreach to diverse stakeholders across the state;
• Planning and capacity-building of the state's broadband office;
• Local engagement with unserved, underserved, and underrepresented communities to better understand barriers to adoption.

Georgia will receive $1,429,212.96 from the Digital Equity Act to fund:

• Creation of a Digital Equity plan;
• Engagement with the Georgia Digital Equity Taskforce;
• Creation of an asset inventory of digital equity programs across the state;
• Local engagement with unserved, underserved, and underrepresented communities to better understand barriers to adoption.