Funding Program:
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Project Purpose/Type:
This Use and Adoption project will improve broadband adoption by Fort Sill Apache Tribal members by providing broadband access and end-user devices.
City/Town/Service Area:
Apache
State(s):
Oklahoma
Awardee:
Fort Sill Apache Tribe (TBCP II)
Tribal Governments Served Under Award:
Fort Sill Apache Tribe
-
$500,000.00Funding Amount
Project activities include:
Providing end-user device bundles including routers, firewalls, and technical support for approximately 145 households; and
Developing a cybersecurity and supply chain risk management plan.
This project will:
- Facilitate Tribal members’ adoption of broadband services;
- Improve the safety of the Tribal Government’s network; and
- Enable access to telehealth, remote learning, telework, entrepreneurialism, workforce solutions, and economic sustainability and growth.
The Fort Sill Apache Tribe will provide device bundles—including routers, firewalls, and technical support—to approximately 145 households and develop a cybersecurity and supply chain risk management plan.