Project Grant ED20AUS3070051

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...

This federal Project Grant award of $126,535.00 was provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) under the Appalachian Local Development District Assistance program (CFDA 23.009). The grant supports administrative and planning activities for the Central Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission (Carpdc), a local government-owned regional planning organization serving Autauga, Elmore, and Montgomery counties in Alabama. The funding will be used to enhance the technical...

This $420,000 Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations project grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration will support the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for western Arkansas through December 2025. Administered by the Western Arkansas Planning and Development District covering Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Polk, Scott, and Sebastian counties, this grant will fund the creation of a CEDS through a...

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 White River Planning and Development District Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for a nine-county region in northeast Arkansas from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. Through this funding, the White River Planning and Development District will facilitate a...

This $199,839 Project Grant award from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) under the Appalachian Local Development District Assistance program (CFDA 23.009) provides administrative and planning support to the Cumberland Valley Area Development District, Inc., a U.S. local government entity located in London, Kentucky. The grant funding will enable the organization to enhance its technical competence and strategic development assistance across the Appalachian region it serves, supporting...

This federal Project Grant award of $3,926,003.00 from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600) will provide comprehensive early childhood education and development services targeting low-income families in Arkansas. The awardee, Community Action Program For Central Arkansas (CAPCA), will deliver a holistic suite of educational, health, nutritional, and social services to pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and...

This $183,456.00 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Project Grant award, provided under the Appalachian Local Development District Assistance program (CFDA 23.009), supports the administrative and planning functions of the Northeast Mississippi Planning And Development District, a non-profit Local Development District, for the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. As a regional planning and economic development organization, the Northeast Planning & Development District uses...