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_ 130 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 103. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 (vi) Broadband sign-up assistance and programs that provide technology support; (vii) Multi-lingual outreach to support adoption and digital literacy; (viii) Prisoner education to promote pre-release digital literacy, job skills, online job acquisition skills, etc.; (ix) Digital navigators; (x) Direct subsidies for use toward broadband subscription, where the Eligible Entity shows the subsidies will improve affordability for the end user population and to supplement, but not to duplicate or supplant, the subsidies provided by the Affordable Connectivity Program; (xi) Costs associated with stakeholder engagement, including travel, capacity-building, or contract support; (xii) Other allowable costs necessary to carrying out programmatic activities of an award, not to include ineligible costs described in Section V.H.2 of the NOFO; and (xiii) Broadband resiliency to include utility pole replacements, mid-span pole installations, and undergrounding. 4. Prior to entering a contract with a sub recipient from the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program of the Federal Infrastructure and Jobs Act (Public Law 117- 58), the department shall receive approval from the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) validating eligibility under the BEAD program. U.1. Out of this appropriation, $1,000,000 the first year from the general fund is provided for the department to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Reynolds Community College to establish a child care facility for the benefit of state employees near the seat of state government in Richmond, Virginia. 2. The funds provided in this paragraph shall be used to retrofit space on the campus for the child care facility. At a minimum, the department, in negotiating the MOU with Reynolds Community College, shall: (i) establish market rates by child care age groups to support center operations; (ii) develop a detailed operations plan to include class size and appropriate staff ratios; (iii) provide training opportunities for community college students; (iv) set a timeline for the development of the center and its opening; (v) accept the child care subsidy as defined § 22.1-289.02, Code of Virginia; and (vi) provide frequent reporting and updates on center operations. 3. The department shall provide annual reports on or before November 1, 2024, and thereafter on the status of this center including operations, development timeline, and state employees served or expected to be served. The department shall also provide recommendations on utilizing additional state resources for retrofitting space on community college campuses for child care across the Commonwealth to serve community college students and the broader public in its 2025 annual report. 4. The funding provided in this paragraph shall be used for no other purpose than those outlined above. V. Out of this appropriation, $100,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to Prince William County to support workforce development training programs in the eastern part of the county. W. Out of the amounts in this item, $125,000 the second year from the general fund is provided to the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority to address telehealth and telemedicine needs in Planning Districts 1 and 2. X.1. Out of the amounts in this item, $100,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to Tazewell County to explore expansion of a natural gas pipeline to the Wardell Industrial Park to determine if utilizing available natural gas resources benefits economic development of the County. 2. Out of the amounts in this item, $100,000 the first year from the general fund is provided to