Project Grant 72062322FA00002

African Economic Development Solutions received a $540,450 Project Grant award from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program. The grant period runs from June 15, 2021 through December 31, 2023. The funding will support African Economic Development Solutions' ability to provide financial and technical assistance to communities and businesses impacted by the economic effects of...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $61.5 million cooperative agreement to the International Economic Development Council under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. The award funds the Economic Recovery Corps project to create a national recovery corps of at least 65 fellows embedded in economic development organizations across the United States. Over three years, fellows will help regions recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing the capacity...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $939,290 Project Grant to Pacific Northwest Economic Region doing business as Pnwer under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program. This Project Grant will fund CONGREGATE: AN ACCELERATOR TO RE-OPEN THE TOURISM AND PERFORMING ARTS INDUSTRIES, which aims to support the recovery of tourism and performing arts industries in Seattle, WA impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The accelerator program will provide technical...

The Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington DC (LEDC) will provide $1.6 million in specialized resilience and recovery technical assistance services to support business resurgence post-COVID through September 2025. Funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards (CSBG DA) program, LEDC aims to help businesses impacted by the pandemic build capacity to withstand future...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $555,606 Project Grant to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat through the East Asia and Pacific Grants Program (CFDA 19.124). The grant will support the APEC Women and Economy Sub-Fund by funding projects and initiatives that advance the economic empowerment of women in the Asia-Pacific region from September 13, 2021 through December 31, 2021. The East Asia and Pacific Grants Program aims to support the...

This $400,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, supports the President's Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) Private Sector Call to Action in South Africa. The grant, which runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, is awarded to the Global Resilience Partnership Non-Profit Company. The project aims to bolster economic growth, agriculture, and trade;...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $100,000 from the Department of State Bureau of African Affairs will support Health Development Consultancy Services (Hedecs) to improve HIV service delivery and outcomes for key populations in eight regions of Cameroon through September 2023. Funded through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs (PEPFAR; CFDA #19.029), Hedecs will identify and understand data-driven solutions to overcome barriers and ensure key populations receive...

This $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the East Central Regional Development Commission in establishing a revolving loan fund to provide financing to businesses and entrepreneurs across five counties in Minnesota as the region recovers from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is provided through the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, which aims to support regions experiencing adverse economic changes....

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded Amref Health Africa HQ a $120,337.33 Project Grant under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs (PEPFAR, CFDA 19.029) to support community-led monitoring to improve the quality of HIV care in Zambia. The grant period runs from April 1, 2021 through January 31, 2022. Through this funding, Amref Health Africa HQ will work with trained community members in Zambia to collect client feedback on HIV care. The objective...

The Board of Control for Southern Regional Education received a $1.4 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program on November 18, 2021. The funding will support expanding urban agriculture markets and providing employment opportunities in North Philadelphia following job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Key deliverables include collecting data to develop a planning framework for an urban-rural...