Broadband Accessibility Program

Tennessee’s broadband infrastructure program facilitates broadband access to all Tennesseans while promoting practices that increase deployment and encourage adoption. It includes the Broadband Accessibility Grant Program that aims to close broadband gaps by offsetting the capital expenses in the deployment of broadband in unserved areas. In FY22, the state’s Financial Stimulus Accountability Group (FSAG) designated $500 Million for broadband funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) Program. FSAG allocated $450 Million in ARP Funding for infrastructure and $50 Million for broadband adoption funding. The $50 Million in ARP funding will go toward broadband adoption and digital opportunity programs that are designed to address broadband affordability, digital skills training, work force development, and interim access challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.