Economic Development Administration American Rescue Plan Funding Programs
Under the American Rescue Plan, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) will provide Funding to support community-led economic development and to accelerate economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic while building local economies that will be resilient to future economic shocks. Investments made under this program will have an emphasis on equity and will directly benefit previously underserved communities, including Indigenous communities, rural areas, and regions with economies that have historically relied on coal mining. Past EDA projects have included infrastructure to support healthcare facilities, health workforce development, and health and human services to assist people with getting jobs.
The program has 6 separate funding opportunities:
- Build Back Better Regional Challenge: Build new regional industry clusters or scale existing ones through planning, infrastructure, innovation, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and access to capital
- Good Jobs Challenge: Building and strengthening systems and partnerships that bring together employers who have hiring needs with other key entities to train workers with in-demand skills that lead to well paying jobs, with an emphasis on efforts to reach historically underserved populations and areas, communities of color, women, and other groups facing labor market barriers
- Economic Adjustment Assistance Challenge: Flexible funding to plan, build, innovate, and put people to work through construction or non-construction projects designed to meet local needs
- Indigenous Communities Challenge: Support the needs of tribal governments and Indigenous communities to develop and execute economic development projects that they need to recover from the pandemic and build economies for the future
- Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Grants: Both competitive and non-competitive state grants designed to accelerate the recovery of communities that rely on the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sector
- Statewide Planning, Research, and Networks Grants: Planning, research, and evaluation of EDA programs
Eligible applicants include:
- District organizations of an EDA-designated Economic Development District
- Tribes and consortia of tribes
- State, county, city, and other political subdivisions of states, including special purpose units of state or local governments engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions
- Institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education
- Public or private nonprofit organization or associations acting in cooperation with officials of a political subdivision of a state
- Public or private nonprofit organizations or associations serving native Hawaiians, native Pacific Islanders of Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau
Eligible applicants for EDA Statewide Planning Grants include governors, the mayor of DC, and other applicable territory leaders or their designees. Potential applicants will receive an invitation to apply from EDA.
Consult each individual funding announcement for specific eligibility requirements.
Build Back Better Regional Challenge:
- Award ceiling: $500,000
- Award floor: $200,000
- Estimated number of awards: 55
- Estimated total program funding: $30,000,000
Good Jobs Challenge:
- Award ceiling: $25,000,000
- Award floor: $1,000,000
- Estimated number of awards: 50
- Estimated total program funding: $500,000,000
Economic Adjustment Assistance Challenge:
- Award ceiling: $10,000,000
- Award floor: $100,000
- Estimated number of awards: 250
- Estimated total program funding: $500,000,000
Indigenous Communities Challenge:
- Award ceiling: $5,000,000
- Award floor: $100,000
- Estimated number of awards: 50
- Estimated total program funding: $100,000,000
Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Grants:
- Award ceiling: $10,000,000
- Award floor: $100,000
- Estimated number of awards: 150
- Estimated total program funding: $240,000,000
Statewide Planning, Research, and Networks Grants:
- Award ceiling: $6,000,000
- Award floor: $200,000
- Estimated number of awards: 20
- Estimated total program funding: $31,000,000
EDA's Coal Communities Commitment Initiative has set aside $100,000,000 of Build Back Better Regional Challenge funds and $200,000,000 of Economic Adjustment Assistance funds to directly support coal communities.
Apply online using the appropriate funding opportunity link. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab of each grants.gov page.
Build Back Better Regional Challenge:
- Grants.gov notice EDA-HDQ-ARPBBB-2021-2006976
- Application deadline: October 19, 2021
Good Jobs Challenge:
- Grants.gov notice EDA-HDQ-ARPGJ-2021-2006964
- Application deadline: January 26, 2022
Economic Adjustment Assistance Challenge:
- Grants.gov notice EDA-2021-ARPAEAA
- Economic Adjustment frequently asked questions
- Application deadline: March 31, 2022 - Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Indigenous Communities Challenge:
- Grants.gov notice EDA-2021-ARPAINDIGENOUS
- Indigenous frequently asked questions
- Application deadline: September 30, 2022 - Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Grants:
- Grants.gov notice EDA-2021-ARPATOURISM
- Tourism frequently asked questions
- Application deadline: January 31, 2022 - Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Statewide Planning, Research, and Networks Grants:
- Grants.gov notice EDA-HDQ-ARPRN-2021-2006986
- State grants frequently asked questions
- Application deadline: October 31, 2022
For complete information about funding programs, including your
application status, please contact funders directly. Summaries are provided
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