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BEAD Grantee Resource Hub
Note: This page is under construction. Please continue to check back for updates.
This webpage provides resources for Illinois Office of Broadband (IOB) Connect Illinois Round 4 grantees. For support on grant agreement requirements, reporting, and payments, please contact your assigned Assistant Grants Manager or email broadband@illinois.gov for general programmatic or policy questions.
General
Coming soon:
- Orientation Packet
- Orientation Webinars
- FAQs
Reporting & Compliance
- BEAD Guidelines:
- Pre-Award Expenses:
- Guidance Document: Pre-Award Expenses
- Template: Pre-Award Expense Request Letter Template (updated 5/26/2026)
- Guidance Document: Match and In-Kind
- Guidance Document: Build America, Buy America (BABA)
- Guidance Document: Letter of Credit Guidance
- Guidance Document: Performance Measures Testing
- Link to Website: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for BEAD
- Guidance Document: Fixed Amount Subaward Milestones, Required Documentation, and Disbursement Process (coming soon)
- Pre-Award Expenses:
- State Requirements:
- Link to Website: Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA)
- Illinois Works
- Guidance Document: Illinois Works
- Link to Website: Illinois Works
- Prevailing Wage for Broadband
- Guidance Document: Prevailing Wage Guidance
- Link to Website: Prevailing Wage for Broadband
- Business Enterprise Plan (BEP)
- Guidance Document: Illinois BEP
- Link to Website: Business Enterprise Plan (BEP) Firms Directory
- Reporting Templates (coming soon)
- Periodic Performance Report (PPR)
- Location-Level Progress Reporting Template
- Periodic Financial Report (PFR)
- General Ledger (GL)
Permitting
- Resource: Broadband in Illinois Starter Guide
- Resource: Permitting Directory
- Resource: Permitting Roundtable Guide