Department of Agriculture
Rural Utilities Service
- [Docket No. RUS-25-TELECOM-0267]
AGENCY:
Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION:
Notice of funding opportunity.
SUMMARY:
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a Notice of Funding ( printed page 26989) Opportunity (NOFO) to announce acceptance of applications under the Community Connect Grant Program (CCG) for fiscal year (FY) 2026. In future years this funding opportunity will only be announced on the Agency website and grants.gov, without a Federal Register notice. Therefore in future years, neither the funding opportunity nor reference to the funding opportunity in grants.gov will appear in the Federal Register . Please make a note of this change in location of the funding announcement in your records.
DATES:
May 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Full funding notice is available on grants.gov. Program guidance and application forms may be obtained at https://www.rd.usda.gov/community-connect.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shekinah Pepper, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Loan Origination and Approval Division, RUS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mail Stop 1590, Room 4121-S, Washington, DC 20250-1590, telephone: (202) 720-0800, email: shekinah.pepper@usda.gov.