This grant funds Partnership Planning, Short-Term Planning, State Planning, and Local Technical Assistance projects that support economic development, job creation, and private investment in economically distressed U.S. regions. Eligible activities include developing Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies and conducting feasibility studies, impact analyses, disaster resiliency plans, and project planning. Applications must be submitted via the EDGE platform.
Eligible applicants include nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), state and local governments, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, institutions of higher education, and public or private nonprofit organizations cooperating with political subdivisions.
