Grant application process

• See also Funding: grants and grant writing, funding strategies
• What is Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP)? 
• Arizona Job Help at Your Library: Overview of Arizona's application for BTOP stimulus grant fundings (Round 2) and narrated slideshow on workforce recovery efforts in Arizona.
• Partnering for Workforce Development in Idaho: Workforce development tools at Idaho public libraries and BTOP grant proposal overview and budget and a narrated slideshow discussing the IdahoWorks partnership, addressing workforce recovery efforts statewide.

Examples of grant-funded programs

• Kentucky Public Libraries Helping Communities During Difficult Times: Using BTOP and other grant funds to expand and update computers and technology training to help unemployed and underemployed Kentuckians.
• Louisiana Libraries Connecting People to Their Potential: How BTOP Round 1 funds are being used to provide laptops and access to online training and resources.
• North Carolina Public Computer Center: Criteria used to determine how NTIA, BTOP, and PCC federal stimulus funds are being distributed.
• Fast Forward New Mexico: Connecting You to a World of Opportunities: Describes the application of BTOP funds to provide in-person and self-paced training, plus a train-the-trainer program.
• Workforce Development Task Force: Describes an LSTA-funded project to assist unemployed South Carolinian adults and those in transition develop and enhance their workforce skills and find jobs.