ACP Outreach Grant & Pilot Programs Applications Due 1/9/23

The Federal Communications Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau reminds potential applicants that complete applications to the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program (ACP Outreach Grant Program) must be received electronically through Grants.gov no later than 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Monday, January 9, 2023. Additionally, completed applications for the Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program (YHYI) and the ACP Navigator Pilot Program (NPP) must be received electronically through both the USAC Application Portal and through Grants.gov no later than 9:00 PM EST on January 9, 2023. In November 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched the ACP Outreach Grant Program to raise awareness about the nation’s largest-ever broadband affordability effort, the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP Outreach Grant Program provides grant funding for four complementary programs: the National Competitive Outreach Program (NCOP); the Tribal Competitive Outreach Program (TCOP); the YHYI Outreach Grants; and the NPP Outreach Grants. These programs provide new federal funding for the FCC to grant eligible governmental and nongovernmental entities funding and resources needed to increase awareness of and participation in the ACP among those households most in need of affordable connectivity