Description
Missouri’s Digital Opportunity Grant Program (FY25) will fund digitally inclusive projects across the state. The statewide component of the program will fund service areas encompassing 20 or more counties and will be complemented by the local component, which will fund digitally inclusive projects in service areas encompassing fewer than 20 counties.
Do I Qualify?
The following types of entities are eligible to receive funds from the program, providing the proposed project meets other requirements in the Guidelines:
a. Community anchor institutions;
b. County and municipal governments;
c. Local educational agencies;
d. Nonprofit organizations;
e. Organizations that represent:
i. Individuals with disabilities, including children with disabilities;
ii. Aging Individuals;
iii. Individuals with language barriers, including individuals who are English learners and/or have low levels of literacy;
iv. Veterans; and
v. Individuals who are incarcerated in the State (excluding Federal correctional facilities).
f. Civil rights organizations;
g. Entities that carry out workforce development programs;
h. State agencies responsible for administering or supervising adult education and literacy activities;
i. Public housing authorities in the State; and
j. A consortium of any of the entities listed in a through i.
Additional requirements:
a. If the Applicant is a type of entity required to register with the Missouri Secretary of State (SOS) to conduct business in Missouri, the Applicant must be registered and in good standing with the SOS.
b. Applicant has a Missouri Tax ID Number (EIN).
c. Applicant has a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN).
d. Applicant has a Unique Entity Identifier from SAM.gov or is in the process of obtaining one.
e. Applicant is registered with MissouriBUYS and/or MOVERS (for the State’s accounting system) or is in the process of registering (no payments can be made without being in the system) [3].
f. Applicant is not delinquent in taxes owed to the State of Missouri.
g. Applicant is enrolled in E-Verify and provides a copy of its signed Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as required by § 285.530 RSMo. [4]
h. Applicant is not suspended or debarred from participating in Federal grant programs.
The following are ineligible to apply for the program:
a. Entities that are not listed as eligible in the DEA, as set forth in Section 3.1 of the Guidelines. See 47 U.S.C. § 1723(b)(1)(C); and
b. Applicants that are debarred, suspended, or otherwise ineligible to participate in a Federal award.
How Do I Apply?
Applicants may submit their application via Submittable during the open cycle.
DED intends to award all funds in one funding round but may hold additional funding rounds to ensure all available funds have been obligated prior to the conclusion of the SDECGP period of performance.