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Starlink for Veterans' Tribal Connectivity Grant

This grant aims to fund the deployment of 50 Starlink units to enhance telecommunications and internet services in rural tribal areas, thereby improving veterans' access to employment, health, legal, and social services, with a detailed budget required outlining expenditure on each line item.

$150,000
Closed
Grant Description

The purpose of this grant is to oversee the deployment of 50 Starlink units to expand the telecommunications and satellite internet capabilities of rural tribal nations to increase veterans' access to services and benefits. Supportive Initiatives must be compatible with the following  objectives:  Veteran Employment Veteran Health/Mental Health Legal Women/Minority Veteran-Specific Issues Veteran Homelessness Tribal or Rural Transportation Social Determinants of Health Financial Notes: Budget. The VDF Grant Proposal must include financial information to include a detailed budget and include a supplementary narrative using a Microsoft Word Document with 12 font, to address the following five areas of the budget: (See Budget Worksheet Template that may be used.) Line Items, to include a detailed description of how funds will be spent; The amount expected to be expended for each Line Item; Expected date or dates of expenditures for each Line Item; Expected completion date of each Line Item; and Contract services that consist of repair, maintenance, or construction must have a minimum of three bids included with VDF-RFP. If three bids are not attainable, there must be an explanation as to why.

Funding Details

Award Range

$5,000 - $150,000

Total Program Funding

$150,000

Number of Awards

Not specified

Matching Requirement

No

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants

City or township governments
County governments
Special district governments
Private institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education

Additional Requirements

Grantee must be a 501(c) charitable organization. Preferable to ADVS, Grantee has a primary mission of providing benefits to Arizona’s Veterans and is compatible with ADVS’ objectives determined by the Director or designee. ADVS encourages collaboration by entities to form community partnerships in order to submit joint VDF grant proposals, whenever doing so would improve the collaborating entities’ ability to deliver useful services to Arizona Veterans.

Geographic Eligibility

All

Key Dates

Application Opens

August 2, 2024

Application Closes

September 26, 2024

Contact Information

Grantor

Robert Davis

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Infrastructure
Income Security and Social Services
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Workforce Development
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