USDA Rural Development · Broadband · Public Facilities
Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program
Grants for end-user telecommunications equipment, software, and broadband-enabled distance learning and telemedicine services in rural areas. School districts, hospitals, and city-government applicants common.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $50K – $1M
- Non-federal match
- 15% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual NOFO.
- Typical prep time
- 6–12 weeks
- Statutory authority
- 7 U.S.C. §950aaa
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
- Rural eligibility: population under 50,000 (USDA threshold).
Funds equipment, not recurring broadband service charges. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.