North Carolina Publishes Notice of $86 Million for Broadband

North Carolina published a notice and guidelines for $86 million of available funds for high-speed internet infrastructure, the state's Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) Division of Broadband and Digital Equity announced Monday. The funding comes from the Stop-Gap Solutions program, which will provide federal American Rescue Plan Act funds as grants for counties to use as matching funds for new Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program projects. In addition, ISPs can fund broadband line-extension projects with the money. The program will “help NCDIT leverage the remaining $283 million CAB program funds,” Nate Denny, NCDIT deputy secretary for broadband and digital equity, said. NCDIT will hold a webinar Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. for counties interested in applying for Stop-Gap Solutions program funds to assist with the CAB program county match requirement.