Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT)
Opportunity Information
The purpose of the DLT program is to fund telecommunications enabled information, audio and video equipment, and related advanced technologies which extend educational and medical applications into rural areas. Funds may also be used to provide for communication upgrades between ambulances, emergency transportation vehicles, and medical facilities. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/distance-learning-telemedicine-grants
The purpose of the DLT program is to fund telecommunications enabled information, audio and video equipment, and related advanced technologies which extend educational and medical applications into rural areas. Funds may also be used to provide for communication upgrades between ambulances, emergency transportation vehicles, and medical facilities. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/distance-learning-telemedicine-grants
Program Amount
Minimum grant request amount of $50,000 and maximum grant request of $1,000,000 per application
Application Deadline
6/4/2021
Competitive
Eligible projects are selected based on specific criteria in the NOFO; minimum 15% match is required
Eligible Applicants
Entities that provide education or health care through telecommunications, including most state and local governmental entities, federally recognized Tribes, non-profits, for-profit businesses, and consortia of eligible entities
Objective
Funds rural communities use of telecommunications to connect to each other and to the world, overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density
Equipment
Acquisition of eligible capital assets, such as broadband transmission facilities; audio, video and interactive video equipment; terminal and data terminal equipment; computer hardware, network components, and software; inside wiring and similar infrastructure that further DLT services
Personnel/Training
Instructional programming that is a capital asset, technical assistance, and instruction for using equipment
Application Guide Language
The purpose of the DLT grant program is to deliver education or medical care between remote sites via telecommunications, not simply to furnish educational or medical technology.
Interpretation
While NG911 is not specifically mentioned, recipients should consider integrating NG911 strategic planning with efforts to increase education, training, and health care resources that are otherwise unavailable or limited in scope.