WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rural Utilities Service has issued a notice called: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Community Connect Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2026.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 13 by Karl Elmshaeuser, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

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 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 Registernotice. Therefore in futur...