Fiscal Year 2021-2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Program

Through its Planning and Local Technical Assistance programs, EDA assists eligible recipients in developing economic development plans and studies designed to build capacity and guide the economic prosperity and resiliency of an area or region. The Planning program helps support organizations, including District Organizations, Indian Tribes, and other eligible recipients, with Short Term and State Planning investments designed to guide the eventual creation and retention of high-quality jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the Nation’s most economically distressed regions. As part of this program, EDA supports Partnership Planning investments to facilitate the development, implementation, revision, or replacement of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS), which articulate and prioritize the strategic economic goals of recipients’ respective regions. The Local Technical Assistance program strengthens the capacity of local or State organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible recipients to undertake and promote effective economic development programs through projects such as feasibility studies and impact analyses.

Please see the Notice of Funding Opportunity (PDF) for full information on how to apply. Below is a table showing each Region and their respective Funding Opportunity Number. Please note that applicants must apply to their respective EDA regional office.

Also note that any applicants who are in the process of developing an application under the previous NOFO can complete their submission and have one week to do so (until 3/23/2021). After 3/23, those Grants.gov postings will be closed. All other applicants will need to apply under the new NOFO and use the associated forms.

• Local Technical Assistance (PDF)
• Planning (PDF)