Affordable Connectivity Pilot Programs

Affordable Connectivity Program Web Banner Program Wind Down

Outreach Grant Funding Opportunity

The Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program — Pilot Program Grants provided over $7 million in funding for participants in the Your Home, Your Internet and ACP Navigator Pilot Programs. Program applications are now closed.

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The ACP Is Winding Down

The Affordable Connectivity Program stopped accepting new applications and enrollments on February 7, 2024. The last fully funded month of the program is April 2024. 

All ACP households enrolled at the time of the enrollment freeze, February 7, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET, will be able to remain enrolled through the final month of ACP service if they are not required to be de-enrolled under FCC rules. 

Households that are de-enrolled from the program, such as for failure to use their ACP-supported service, will not be able to re-apply or re-enroll in the ACP during the enrollment freeze.

ACP enrolled households are strongly encouraged to carefully review written notices from their internet company and from the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), the ACP administrator, about the ACP wind-down.

Households are also encouraged to consult their internet company to learn more about how the end of the ACP will impact their internet service and bill.

For more updates about the ACP Wind Down, refer to AffordableConnectivity.gov.

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides eligible low-income households a monthly discount of up to $30 for broadband service (up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands) as well as a one-time up to $100 discount toward a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers.

The FCC created two one-year pilot programs — the Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program and the ACP Navigator Pilot Program — designed to increase awareness of and facilitate enrollment in the Affordable Connectivity Program and to provide assistance with ACP applications. The application window has closed and Pilot Participants have been selected and begun their periods of performance.

Please note that applications for the Pilot Programs are for the eligible entities specified below, not individuals. 

Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program

The Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program is a one-year pilot program designed to increase awareness of the ACP, specifically among recipients of federal housing assistance, including: recipients of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program (Section 8 Vouchers); Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)/Section 202/Section 811; Public Housing; and Affordable Housing Programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives or Native Hawaiians. This pilot program facilitated enrollment in the ACP by providing targeted assistance with completion of the program application.

Entities eligible to participate in the Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program included federal agencies and their partners; state, local, and Tribal housing agencies; tenant associations; and non-profit and community-based entities that provide ACP-related or other support for federal housing assistance recipients. Pilot activities includes the development of new promotional materials, hands-on application assistance, and site-based outreach.

Selected participants also received access to the National Verifier for purposes of assisting consumers with completing and submitting an application for the Affordable Connectivity Program.

ACP Navigator Pilot Program

The ACP Navigator Pilot Program is a one-year pilot that provides a limited number of neutral, trusted third party entities, such as schools and school districts, or other local, Tribal or state government entities, access to the National Verifier for purposes of assisting consumers with completing and submitting an application for the Affordable Connectivity Program.

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Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Updated:
Thursday, March 28, 2024