The Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission welcomes you to the Community Access Capital Grant competitive grant program.

The Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission (MHCRC) is the grant-making body for the Community Access Capital Grant program (“Grant Program”) which provides funds for technology projects to community organizations, libraries, educational institutions and local government agencies throughout Multnomah County. This program assists local entities in using cable system technology for enhance communications, including video, data and voice applications.

Grants provide a financial means to address concrete local needs, such as improving learning resources in public schools and community colleges; removing barriers to receiving an education, information or social services by disadvantaged or challenged people; and increasing access to media tools for local discourse and communications.

The funding for the Grant Program is made possible by local government’s ability to negotiate franchise agreements with cable companies for their private use of the public right-of-way. The cities of Fairview, Gresham, Portland, Troutdale and Wood Village and Multnomah County created the Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, through an intergovernmental agreement, to regulate and oversee the franchise agreements. The MHCRC receives dedicated grant funds from Comcast, the current cable operator serving Multnomah County, and allocates the funds to serve the public interest.

As a result of the source of funding for the Community Access Capital Grant, proposed projects must use either community access channels or the Institutional Network (I-Net) within Multnomah County to meet a local communication or information need.

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