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07. d existing-broadband-funding-sources_tcm1045-599341Source Name of federal agency/ other source of funding. Purpose Indicate whether the broadband funding program was federal, state/territory, or locally funded. Total Total amount of funds awarded by the listed source. Expended Total amount of funds expended to date. Available Total amount of remaining funds available to date. Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Federal Communications Commission program to award funding in reverse auction held in late 2020. Construction over 6 years and funding over 10 years  Approx. $74M   $7,343,776**  Approx. $66.6M Community Connect  U.S. Department of Agriculture program  $14,182,7118***  Unknown* Unknown*  Community Development Block Grant  Awarded by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Small Cities for broadband deployment in 2021  $31,148,083   $16,576,769 $0  ReConnect  USDA program for rural broadband deployment  MN was announced to receive $69M in ReConnect 3 and $33.8M in ReConnect 4 grants to-date.   Unknown*  Unknown* Tribal Broadband  NTIA program  Appears to be about $52M to date   Unknown* Unknown*  Congressionally directed  Congressionally directed spending was approved for use in Pine and Goodhue Counties as we understand from press releases  Approx. $8.8M based on press releases   Unknown*  Unknown* CARES  Broadband infrastructure was an allowed use; aware that some counties and townships in MN awarded such funding to providers in MN.Unknown by our office   Unknown*  Unknown* ARPA Local Fiscal Recovery  Broadband infrastructure was an allowed use; aware that some counties and townships in MN awarded such funding to providers in MN.Unknown by our office   Unknown*  Unknown* ARPA Capital Projects Fund  Each state received a formula-based allocation to use for broadband infrastructure or related purposes   $130.8M  $130.8M  $0  State of MN general fund appropriations  The State of MN has appropriated funding for broadband infrastructure in legislative sessions in 2014-2017, 2019-2020 and 2022-2023 that totals $250.588M  FY15=$20M; FY16=$10.58M; FY17=$35M; FY18=$20M; FY20=$20M; FY21=$20M; FY24=$75M; FY25=$50M $150.58M  $0 (Funding is anticipated to be fully awarded by 7/1/24) *Unknown as these programs are not administered by OBD and no public source of information could be found to identify the amount of funding expended or available. ** https://www.fcc.gov/general/federal-state-joint-board-monitoring-reports  *** The Community Connect program provides financial assistance to eligible applicants that will provide broadband service in rural, economically-challenged communities where service does not exist: https://www.rd.usda.gov/sites/default/files/CCProjectSummariesMinnesota.pdf  Broadband Funding Sources - Example Template To use this template, Eligible Entities should customize all text in gray