Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance (PWEAA)

 
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    CFDA#

    11.300, 11.307
     

    Funder Type

    Federal Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Economic Development Administration (EDA)

    Summary

    EDA supports bottom-up strategies that build on regional assets to spur economic growth and resiliency. EDA encourages its grantees throughout the country to develop initiatives that present new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities. EDA intends to advance general economic development in accordance with EDA's investment priorities, but also to pursue projects that, where practicable, incorporate specific priorities related to equity, workforce development, and climate change resiliency so that investments can benefit everyone for decades to come.

    • Public Works - Through the primarily construction-oriented Public Works program, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) provides catalytic investments to help distressed communities build, design, or engineer critical infrastructure and facilities that will help implement regional development strategies and advance bottom-up economic development goals to promote regional prosperity. The Public Works program provides resources to meet construction and/or the design of infrastructure needs of communities to enable them to become more economically competitive. Prior examples of investments EDA supported through the Public Works program include projects supporting water and sewer system improvements, industrial parks, high-tech shipping and logistics facilities, workforce training facilities, business incubators and accelerators, brownfield development, technology-based facilities, wet labs, multi-tenant manufacturing facilities, science and research parks, and telecommunications infrastructure and development facilities.
    • Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) - Through the EAA program, EDA provides investments that support a wide range of construction and non-construction activities (including infrastructure, design and engineering, technical assistance, economic recovery strategies, and capitalization or re-capitalization of Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) projects) in regions experiencing severe economic dislocations that may occur suddenly or over time. EDA utilizes EAA investments to provide resources that help communities experiencing or anticipating economic dislocations to plan and implement specific solutions to leverage their existing regional economic advantages to support economic development and job creation. Like Public Works investments, EAA investments are designed to help communities catalyze public-private partnerships to foster collaboration, attract investment, create jobs, and foster economic resiliency and prosperity. For example, EDA might provide funding to a university or community college to create and launch an economic diversification strategy to promote and enhance the growth of emerging industries in a region facing job losses due to a decline in the region's coal industry. As another example, EDA might provide funding to a city to support the construction of a publicly-owned multi-tenant business and industrial facility to house early-stage businesses. Additionally, the EAA program is also designed to provide specific investment assistance to the communities experiencing energy transitions away from nuclear, biomass, or coal. EAA assistance to Nuclear Closure Communities (NCCs) and Biomass Closure Communities (BCC) supports communities that have been impacted, or can reasonably demonstrate they will be impacted, by closures of nuclear or biomass power plants. Similarly, EAA Assistance to Coal Communities (ACC) supports communities that have been negatively impacted by changes in the coal economy.

    EDA's investment priorities are designed to provide an overarching framework to guide the agency's investment portfolio to ensure its investments have the greatest impact. Competitive applications will be responsive to the evaluation criteria and will align with at least one of the following investment priorities:

    1. Equity: Economic development planning or implementation projects that advance equity across America through investments that directly benefit 1) one or more traditionally underserved populations, including but not limited to women, Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders or 2) underserved communities within geographies that have been systemically and/or systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic prosperity such as Tribal Lands, Persistent Poverty Counties, and rural areas with demonstrated, historical underservice.
    2. Recovery & Resilience: Economic development planning or implementation projects that build economic resilience to and long-term recovery from economic shocks, like those experienced by coal and power plant communities, or other communities impacted by the decline of an important industry or a natural disaster, that may benefit from economic diversification-focused resilience.
    3. Workforce Development: Economic development planning or implementation projects that support workforce education and skills training activities directly connected to the hiring and skills needs of the business community and that result in well-paying, quality jobs.
    4. Manufacturing: Economic development planning or implementation projects that encourage job creation, business expansion, technology and capital upgrades, and productivity growth in manufacturing, including efforts that contribute to the competitiveness and growth of domestic suppliers or to the domestic production of innovative, high-value products and production technologies.
    5. Technology-Based Economic Development: Economic development planning or implementation projects that foster regional knowledge ecosystems that support entrepreneurs and startups, including the commercialization of new technologies, that are creating technology-driven businesses and high-skilled, well-paying jobs of the future.
    6. Environmentally-Sustainable Development: Economic development planning or implementation projects that help address the climate crisis including through the development and implementation of green products, processes (including green infrastructure), places, and buildings.
    7. Exports & FDI: Economic development planning or implementation projects that enhance or build community assets to support growth in US exports or increased foreign direct investment.
     

    History of Funding

    Previous investments for Public Works Projects generally ranged from $600,000 to $3,000,000 each with the EDA awarding 80 to 150 of these projects. Previous investments for Economic Projects generally ranged from $150,000 to $1,000,000 each with the EDA awarding 70 to 140 of these projects.


    For FY19, approximately $117,500,000 was appropriated for the Public Works program, $37,000,000 for the EAA program and an additional $30 million in EAA funds for ACC. Historically, EDA has awarded funds for between 80 and 150 Public Works and between 70 and 140 EAA projects a year.


    Examples of past successful projects are available here: https://www.eda.gov/annual-reports

    Additional Information

    All proposed projects are evaluated to determine the extent to which they align with EDA's investment priorities, create or retain high-quality jobs, leverage public and private resources, demonstrate the ability to start the proposed project promptly and use funds quickly and effectively, and provide a clear scope of work and specific, measurable outcomes.


    Each project must be consistent with the region's current Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), or if a CEDS does not exist, an equivalent EDA-accepted regional economic development strategy that meets EDA's CEDS or strategy requirements (except for a strategy grant to develop, update, or refine a CEDS). Applicants must identify the CEDS or equivalent EDA-accepted regional economic development strategy and clearly detail in the ED-900 how the project will support the economic development needs and objectives outlined in the strategy. If EDA does not already possess the applicable CEDS, the Applicant may be required to provide it. If an Applicant is relying on an alternate strategy other than a CEDS (i.e., if a CEDS does not exist), the Applicant must provide a copy of the alternate strategy document by attaching it to the application, and EDA will review it.


    EDA is interested in funding workforce development projects. This includes both non-construction and construction activities. Non-construction workforce projects eligible will support demand-driven sectoral partnerships that will support Americans in securing and retaining quality jobs, consistent with the Department of Commerce workforce principles. A project that is entirely or partially intended to develop, deploy, expand, or initiate workforce training, must:

    • connect trained workers with quality job opportunities through a sectoral partnership;
    • demonstrate employer leadership;
    • include comprehensive wrap-around services (e.g., childcare, transportation) to support vulnerable populations;
    • increase educational and workplace diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion, including through recruitment and retention efforts focused on underserved populations; 
    • carry out activities in one or both of the following categories:
      • Program Design: funding for sectoral partnerships to identify the skills needed by industry and workers, develop the skills training curriculum and materials, and secure technical expertise needed to train workers with the skills needed by businesses, including providing professional development and capacity-building to trainers and educators, and/or
      • Program Implementation: funding to deliver workforce training and wrap-around services that place workers into quality jobs through a new or expanded sectoral partnerships; and
    • measure and evaluate outcomes such as workers' employment and earnings. Ensure that data is transparent, actionable, secure, and linked back to those executing programs. 

    Some projects are generally ineligible, including projects that are primarily residential in nature (e.g., housing), projects to create community amenities (e.g., swimming pools, zoos, recreational centers), projects that support casinos or gaming, projects that support general governmental or public safety functions (e.g., buildings to house municipal government, firehouses, public safety equipment), and requests for funding to supplement operating budgets or replace lost revenue (including lost tax revenue).


    For questions, including technical assistance with application requirements, you may contact the appropriate EDA representative for each State listed on EDA's website at https://www.eda.gov/contact/.  

    Contacts

    H. Philip Paradice

    H. Philip Paradice
    Economic Development Administration (EDA)
    401 West Peachtree Street, NW - Suite 1820
    Atlanta, GA 30308-3510
    (404) 782-9102
    (404) 730-3025

    Jorge Ayala

    Jorge Ayala

    ,
    (512) 381-8144
    (512) 499-0478

    Susan Brehm

    Susan Brehm

    ,
    (312) 353-8143
    (312) 353-8575

    Sheba Person Whitley

    Sheba Person Whitley

    ,
    (206) 220-7660
    (206) 220-7669

    Angela Beldin Martinez

    Angela Beldin Martinez

    ,
    (303) 844-4715

    Linda Cruz-Carnall

    Linda Cruz-Carnall

    ,
    (215) 597-4603
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants include (1) District Organizations; (2) Indian Tribes or a consortium of Indian Tribes; (3) State, county, city, or other political subdivisions of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; (4) Institutions of higher education; and (5) Public or private non-profit organizations or associations acting in cooperation with officials of a political subdivision of a State.


    NOTE: An applicant must obtain, complete, and submit an application electronically through the Economic Development Grants Experience (EDGE) at sfgrants.eda.gov. EDA will not accept paper, facsimile, or email transmissions of applications. In order to obtain and submit an application through EDGE, an applicant must register for an EDGE account at sfgrants.eda.gov. As part of the registration process, you will register one Authorized Representative for your organization. The Authorized Representative will be the only official with the authority to submit applications. 

    Deadline Details

    Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

    Award Details

    For FY23, $121,500,000 has been allocated for the Public Works program and $39,500,000 for the EAA program. For Public Works projects, expected award amounts range from $600,000 to $5,000,000 each and EAA awards are expected to range from $150,000 to $2,500,000 each. A total of 3,000 awards are expected. Cost sharing/matching is required. EDA normally funds 50 percent of projects but will fund up to 80 percent of project costs depending on the relative needs of the region (see Table 1 on page 12 of application guidance).

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