NTIA Approves Maine, Kentucky BEAD Initial Proposals

The approval opens access to more than $1.2 billion BEAD funds.

June 17, 2024– The National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced Monday the approval of Kentucky and Maine’s Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment initial proposals.

States are required to receive approval of volumes 1 and 2 of their BEAD initial proposal before gaining access to the funds awarded to them through the program, announced last year. Kentucky was awarded over $1 billion and Maine $271 million to connect all unserved and underserved addresses in the state. This is Maine’s largest grant award ever received for expanding broadband access across its jurisdiction.