Warwick Broadband Service Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) Financial
Assistance applications are available December 1.

The Town owned wireless Internet system is faster and more reliable than
any alternative.	Affordability for many residents has been a barrier
to adoption. The Selectboard is making financial assistance to low and
moderate income Warwick residents available with the pilot project
described below.

After reading the description below, if you are interested and think
your household will qualify, applications for this financial assistance
are available beginning December 1 by phoning David Young,
administrative coordinator, at 544-6315 in the Selectboard office or by
e-mailing coordinator@town.warwick.ma.us You may also send a letter of
interest to 12 Athol Rd Warwick MA 01378. You don't have to wait for
Dec. 1 to request the application; however Dec. 1 is the date
applications are released to those who want them.

The first round of applications are due December 31, 2010.

Following is a description of this grant activity:

1. At present this assistance is funded for $10,000 which we expect will
assist at least 20 households. When the money is expended the program is
over. The Selectboard will keep a waiting list in case some equipment is
returned, paid for, or we get additional grants.

2. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) rules and regulations apply.

This assistance is for primary residences (not second homes) whose
households are income eligible. Applicants must meet the current CDBG
income guidelines that apply to Warwick per the Department of Housing
and Community Development (DHCD). Current CDBG income guidelines are as
follows:

# In Household	Gross Annual Income
1	$43,450.00 
2	$49,700.00 
3	$55,900.00 
4	$62,100.00 
5	$67,050.00 
6	$72,050.00 
7	$77,000.00 
8	$81,950.00

3. As with Warwick Broadband's CPE time payment / financing program, the
applicant's local / Town taxes must be current.

4. Assistance doesn't apply to households who already have paid $500
connection charge.

5. Assistance applies to new customers except that if a customer is on a
payment plan and are demonstrated to be income eligible only the current
remaining balance is available for grant assistance and the equipment
becomes the property of the town if the grant pays for the remaining
balance owed on equipment.

6. There will be an application period. Award decisions will be based
upon a priority system in which eligible households with students in
school or employment-related telecommunications needs have the highest
priority and the lowest income households within that group would have
the highest priority.

If all available funds are not awarded in the first cycle and new
application period will be opened.

7. Once awarded the customer premises equipment (CPE) is property of the
town on permanent loan as long as a subscriber household is paying for
the service and living in Warwick.

8. Participant must pay the monthly charge as a condition of having the
CPE. Any participant chronically late in payment forfeits their
equipment which will be relocated to the next eligible family on the
list.

9. Monthly service includes option of "lite" service priced at $30 /
month with slower throughput than the standard $50 plan. (This 'lite"
service when offered is available to any Warwick Broadband Service
subscriber).

10. Committee Chair Reva Reck will maintain a database to keep track of
the town owned equipment loaned under the grant.

11. Volunteer Ted Cady will do the income eligibility verification using
CDBG standard application procedures which may include an interview.

12. A member of the broadband committee will establish priority once
eligibility is established.

13. The first application period will begin Dec. 1, 2010 and end Dec.
31, 2010 and continue monthly until funding is exhausted.

14. Applications can not be reviewed until completed.