This investment will support disaster recovery capacity that may include coordination staff, efforts and support relating to or resulting from impacts of the september/october 2024 hurricanes that…

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded Heart Of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission $500,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to support disaster recovery capacity including coordination staff and efforts relating to impacts of the September/October 2024 hurricanes and prior disasters.

Heart Of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission, a local government planning commission serving 17 counties in Georgia, will execute the award through October 1, 2030. The funding supports disaster relief and recovery activities in Georgia, with work addressing economic challenges exacerbated by hurricane impacts and prior disasters.

The Economic Adjustment Assistance program provides technical, planning, public works, infrastructure, and financial assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. Under this program, EDA funds strategy grants for Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy development, implementation grants for infrastructure improvements and workforce initiatives, market and environmental studies, and Disaster Relief and Recovery activities addressing flood mitigation, long-term recovery, and infrastructure restoration in major disaster areas. The program is flexible and responds to sudden economic dislocations such as plant closures, base closures, trade pattern changes, catastrophic natural disasters, and environmental challenges. EDA evaluation criteria for non-strategy projects include project feasibility, regional stakeholder support, resilience to future economic dislocations, alignment with other regional investments, degree of economic distress, job creation and retention potential, private investment promotion, and alignment with EDA investment priorities.

This investment will support disaster recovery capacity that may include coordination staff, efforts and support relating to or resulting from impacts of the september/october 2024 hurricanes that exacerbated the ongoing impacts of prior disasters and economic challenges.