Project Grant ED20AUS3020006

This $420,000 Economic Development Administration Project Grant supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Central Arkansas region by the Central Arkansas Planning & Development District, Inc. through December 2025. Under the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302), the awardee will create a CEDS process to engage public and private stakeholders in crafting an...

The Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District Inc. was awarded a $381,930 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The grant will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a 12-county region in southwest Arkansas from January 2023 through December 2025. As part of the CEDS process, the Southwest...

The federal Formula Grant award in the amount of $220,378.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the Centers for Independent Living (CILs) program (CFDA 93.432). The grant funding supports the operations of SPA Area Independent Living Services, Inc., doing business as Disability Resources And Advocacy Center, a non-profit organization based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The grant enables Disability Resources And Advocacy...

The Project Grant award in the amount of $365,869.00, issued on September 28, 2023 by the Delta Regional Authority (CFDA 90.201 - Delta Area Economic Development program), will fund the establishment of a vocational training center in Cabot, AR. The center, to be operated by the non-profit organization Community Living, Inc., will provide job training and employment-related education to support economic development in the Delta region. The two-year project period extends through September 28,...

Under Cooperative Agreement award NR237103XXXXC008 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Central Arkansas Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc., a veteran-owned non-profit organization, will provide $942,494 in construction assistance services for the rehabilitation and enhancement of wetland conservation easements in Arkansas. This work will be conducted under the NRCS's Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (CFDA...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $1.63 million Cooperative Agreement to the Central Arkansas Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc. to provide construction assistance under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program from September 2022 through May 2025. The funding will support rehabilitation of prior restored easements and enhancement of previous work with new structures to further the Agricultural Conservation Easement...

The City of Pine Bluff Economic & Community Development Division was awarded a $218,680 Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development. This Project Grant award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025, will fund a range of housing and supportive services to address homelessness in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Eligible activities include permanent housing, transitional...

This federal Project Grant award of $3,984,717.00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600) supports the Community Action Program for Central Arkansas (CAPCA), a non-profit organization, in providing comprehensive early childhood education and family support services to low-income communities in Arkansas. The grant, with a period of performance from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2030, will enable...

This $214,436 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (CFDA 14.267), provides funding to People Trust, a minority-owned non-profit organization in Little Rock, Arkansas, to support various housing and supportive services to address homelessness in the local community. The grant enables People Trust to implement a range of eligible CoC Program activities, including permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless...

The federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program (CFDA 14.228), will fund disaster recovery and mitigation activities in Arkansas. The $2,952,400 grant is intended to assist the state and local governments in long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure, housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation efforts following a presidentially declared disaster. Grantees are required...