California Advanced Services Fund: Broadband Adoption Account- Jan 2023 Cycle
🏛 Public Utilities Commission (California)
✓ Free, no account · Source: California Grants Portal · Last verified Sep 5, 2026
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This grant is for administering organizations seeking to distribute regranting funds to arts, social service organizations, individual artists, and cultural workers across California. Applicants must have capacity to manage regrant programs and demonstrate strong relationships with low-resource communities. Organizations must serve all 58 California counties, prioritizing areas with the greatest need as measured by the California Healthy Places Index.
Sub-grantees funded through this program must show ongoing commitment to communities in the lowest quartile of the HPI. This ensures meaningful engagement in underserved neighborhoods where health and social conditions are most challenging.
⚖️ Cost sharing / matching required — applicants must contribute their own funds.
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Program description
The California Public Utilities Commission will give preference to programs and projects in communities with demonstrated low broadband access, including low-income communities, senior citizen communities, and communities facing socioeconomic barriers to broadband adoption. Eligible Projects: Digital Literacy Projects- Digital inclusion projects may include digital literacy training programs and public education to communities with limited broadband adoption, including low-income communities, senior citizen communities, and communities facing socioeconomic barriers to broadband adoption. Broadband Access Projects- may include those that provide free broadband access in community training rooms or other public spaces, such as local government centers, senior citizen centers, schools, public libraries, nonprofit organizations, and community-based organizations. It can also include funding community outreach, such as analysis, comparison of Internet plans with the community, and call centers that will increase broadband access and adoption.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
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How to apply
Application links
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Program contact
- 📧 CASF_adoption@cpuc.ca.gov
- 📞 1-415-355-4999
Funding track record
Past applications & awards under this program (California Grants Portal) — how competitive it is.
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Applications | Awarded | Award rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 38 | 32 | 84% |
Source: California Grants Portal
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