Project Grant ED20SEA3070030

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $790,020 project grant to the Institute For Local Self-Reliance, Inc. to improve the capacity of revolving loan fund CARES Act recipients to deploy capital with an emphasis on improving access to loans for diverse business owners. Under the Economic Development Technical Assistance federal grant program, the Institute For Local Self-Reliance will provide technical assistance to revolving loan fund recipients from July 1,...

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...

This $282,450 Economic Development Administration Project Grant will support the development of a regional resiliency plan for the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District region in Massachusetts. The plan will assess economic disruption events and their impacts on regional and local industry sectors and workforce skills. It will establish best practices and strategies to diversify industries, reduce impacts to sectors, and improve economic competitiveness. The grant...

The Region 1 Joint Planning Commission received a $221,004 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The funding will support updating and implementing the Region's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, including aligning various regional economic development committees and forming a Climate Resiliency Coalition to prepare a resiliency...

This $1.2 million Economic Development Administration Project Grant awarded by the Department of Commerce on May 10, 2022 capitalizes a $1,027,995 revolving loan fund (RLF) and provides $93,005 for administration to support economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic across 13 counties in southeast Texas. Under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (CFDA 11.307) program, the Gulf Coast Economic Development District, Inc. will utilize the RLF to provide loans to businesses, with funding also used...

This $125,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program supports the North Country Council in providing technical assistance for a collective impact program. The Council will facilitate implementation of strategies from a regional economic recovery and resiliency plan and build capacity to support long-term collaboration and innovation. Once established, the program will broaden the scope of economic and community...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $1.3 million under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside on September 9, 2021. The funding will support the Office of Technology Partnerships at UC Riverside to provide individualized technical assistance to over 1,000 small businesses in the Inland Empire region of California impacted by COVID-19, with a focus on minority-owned businesses....

The Economic Development Administration awarded $275,000 under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program to Valley Vision, Inc. to support implementation of the region's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. This project grant will enable simultaneous execution of the recently approved CEDS and integrate pandemic economic recovery strategies across the six-county Sacramento region. As part of its capacity building efforts, Valley Vision will deliver technical assistance for regional...

The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund within the Department of the Treasury awarded a $1,278,385 Project Grant to the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region, Inc. through the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program. The grant period runs from June 15, 2021 through December 31, 2023 and will support the recipient's ability to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Specifically, the funding will allow the...

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...