Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation

Provide assistance to states and communities to work with nearby installations to plan and design critical infrastructure and address other threats to the local missions that emanate off-post, maintaining or enhancing the readiness and lethality of D

Per statute, enable states and communities to work with nearby installations to plan and design critical infrastructure and address other threats to the local missions that emanate off-post, maintaining or enhancing the readiness and lethality of Department of War military installations.

Interstate, Intrastate, State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals).

Applicants for this assistance are to contact the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation and a Project Manager will be assigned to work with the applicant to determine eligibility for assistance under this program. States, counties, municipalities, other political subdivisions of a State, and special purpose units of a State or local government are eligible for this assistance if the Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation determines that the capability of a military installation to avoid, prepare for, minimize the effect of, adapt to, and recover from extreme weather events, or from anticipated or unanticipated changes in environmental conditions is at risk due to lack of necessary resources outside the military installation.

Designations Community Development (includes Federal surplus property) Planning Community Development Responses to threats to a local military installation and its lethality caused by a vulnerability or lack of necessary resources outside the military installation which can adversely affect the military installation and its operations supporting the National Defense Strategy. The State and/or local government partners with the military installation to plan and carry out strategies promoting protection of critical resources adjacent to installations, ranges, and military flight corridors which are vital to the mission and lethality of the installation. A review may include a strategic plan with specific implementation actions to ensure local civilian activities are compatible with, and supportive of, vital training, testing, and lethality of other military missions. The following activities are not allowable: Construction; Demolition; Land Acquisition; International travel; Substitute for or otherwise undertake any activity that would otherwise be undertaken by the Military Departments with military construction or Defense-wide appropriated funding. Proposed activities for grants under this program should not duplicate nor replicate activities otherwise eligible for or funded through other Federal programs. Proposed activities for grants under this program will complement or supplement any on-going planning efforts.

Length of assistance may extend across more than one period and will be determined on the basis of project need and requirements. Project periods may occur over a 12-to-18-month period. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Funds are disbursed quarterly or as required.

Any selection criteria will be indicated in each individual announcement.

Applications are reviewed by Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation staff. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation may consult with other Federal agencies as necessary in consideration of an application. Any issues or concerns noted in the application may be negotiated with the applicant prior to the application being accepted as final by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. Awards by the Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, will be made on the basis of an approved final application.

To the extent practicable, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will inform an applicant of approval within seven business days of the receipt of a final, completed application for planning assistance, and thirty business days of the receipt of a final, completed application for other types of assistance to carry out community adjustments or economic diversification programs. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will promptly inform an applicant of the rejection of any application once its due diligence has been completed.