Opportunity Information: Apply for EDA ATL TA ATRO 2018 2005539
The EDA Atlanta FY 2016- FY 2019 Planning Program and Local Technical Assistance Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA). It is issued under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (PWEDA) and the EDA regulations at 13 C.F.R. 300.3, and it lays out the general policies and application procedures for EDA investments that focus less on construction and more on planning, strategy, and targeted studies that help regions strengthen their economies. Awards are made as cooperative agreements, which usually means the federal agency expects an ongoing working relationship during the project rather than a hands-off grant.
The Planning Program piece is designed to help eligible organizations build and carry out regional economic development plans that improve an area or region's long-term economic prosperity and resiliency. A central product supported by this program is the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), which functions as a region's main economic roadmap. The CEDS is meant to pull together data, local priorities, and stakeholder input into a clear set of strategic goals and actionable projects, and EDA funds can support creating a new CEDS, updating an existing one, revising it, or replacing it when necessary. Within planning, the opportunity highlights Partnership Planning investments, which commonly support the designated planning organizations that serve EDA-designated Economic Development Districts (often referred to as District Organizations). These grants help those entities develop and implement a relevant CEDS for their regions. The same Partnership Planning support is also available to Indian Tribes so they can develop and implement CEDS documents and related economic development activities tailored to their communities.
Beyond Partnership Planning, the Planning Program also covers Short Term and State Planning investments. These are positioned as planning efforts that help guide activities that ultimately lead to the creation and retention of high-quality jobs, with an emphasis on helping populations in economically distressed areas, including unemployed and underemployed workers. In practice, this can include targeted planning work that prepares a region or state to pursue future investments, coordinate partners, identify industry opportunities, and remove barriers to growth, especially in places facing persistent economic challenges.
The Local Technical Assistance Program complements planning by funding more focused capacity-building work that helps local or state organizations, colleges and universities, and other eligible entities conduct the kind of analysis needed to make sound economic development decisions. The notice specifically points to projects such as feasibility analyses and impact studies, which can help communities test whether a proposed initiative makes sense, estimate costs and benefits, understand likely economic impacts, and strengthen the case for later implementation funding. The overall idea is to equip applicants with credible research, partnerships, and actionable recommendations that improve the effectiveness of their economic development programs.
Eligibility is broad but clearly defined by PWEDA and EDA regulations. Eligible applicants include: District Organizations; Indian Tribes (federally recognized) or consortia of Tribes; states and local governments such as cities, counties, townships, and other political subdivisions (including special purpose units involved in economic or infrastructure development, and consortia of political subdivisions); institutions of higher education (public or private, and consortia of institutions); and public or private nonprofit organizations, including those with or without 501(c)(3) status, as long as they are acting in cooperation with officials of a political subdivision of a state. The funding announcement is associated with CFDA numbers 11.302 and 11.303, reflecting EDA's planning and technical assistance authorities.
Key administrative details included in the source data are that this is a discretionary opportunity with an award ceiling of $300,000, posted March 20, 2018, and it lists an original closing date of 2025-01-29. The opportunity is identified as "EDA ATL TA ATRO 2018 2005539" and is issued by the Department of Commerce.Apply for EDA ATL TA ATRO 2018 2005539
- The Department of Commerce in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "EDA Atlanta FY 2016–FY 2019 Planning Program and Local Technical Assistance Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.302, 11.303.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2018-03-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-01-29. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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