Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Advance Planning and Economic Diversification

 

Assist State and local governments to lessen an area's dependence on defense expenditures by preparing economic diversification strategies, and contingency strategies and schematic land use plans for the potential redevelopment of a military installation prior to closure or realignment decisions.

Active 12.614 Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2015 The program will provide support for organizing and planning diversification initiatives, including supply chain analysis, business process reengineering, and technical assistance to small and medium size businesses, in at least five States. The program supported organizing and planning diversification initiatives, including supply chain analysis, business process reengineering, and technical assistance to small and medium size businesses, in at least five States.
Fiscal Year 2016 The program supported organizing and planning diversification initiatives, including supply chain analysis and technical assistance to small and medium size businesses, in two Counties and one State. All projects are new for this year therefore impact cannot be gauged until FY17.
Fiscal Year 2021 Not Applicable
Fiscal Year 2022 The Bluegrass Area Development District established a local leadership group that oversaw the development of an economic resiliency plan to retain 1,900 workers as they transition from their positions in chemical demilitarization operations at the Blue Grass Army Depot.
Fiscal Year 2023 The project began in July 2022. The Pueblo Depot Activity Development Authority and contractors are evaluating the impacted workforce and analyzing the reuse potential of Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, and meeting with regional stakeholders as they develop their related plans. 10 U.S.C. 2391. 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, special purpose units of a State or local government, and tribal nations are eligible for this assistance if a substantial portion of the economic activity or population of the applicant's geographic area is dependent on defense expenditures. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation must determine, in consultation with the affected state or community, that a substantial portion of the economic activity or population of the geographic area subject to the planning under this program is dependent on Department of Defense (Defense) expenditures. For purposes of eligibility determination, an area is considered Defense-dependent if it can demonstrate: (1) Direct military and civilian employment totals at least one and a half times the national level of Defense employment as a percent of the total U.S. labor force or (2) Defense-related expenditures comprise at least one and a half times the Defense percent of gross domestic product. The National Defense Budget Estimates for FY2023 states that the 2021 Defense employment as a percent of total labor force is 1.4% and the 2021 Defense share of gross domestic product is 3.2%. One and half times the Defense employment as a percent of the total labor force is 2.1%, and one and half times the Defense percent of gross domestic product is 4.8%. Technical and financial assistance is structured through an assigned Project Manager working with a defense-dependent State and/or local government. States and communities, including workers, businesses, and other community interests, that could be affected by Defense budget reductions and base closures/realignments. Applicants will be required to provide documentation consistent with the authority under which the assistance is being sought, and must document that a substantial portion of the economic activity or employment of a local area is dependent on Defense and/or related military installation expenditures. Preapplication coordination is required. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. An applicant may be notified of funding availability in person, through letter, electronic mail, or a Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FFO), and on how to apply for the funding through this notification. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. An application (SF 424, budget, program or project narrative and assurances) must be submitted that outlines the proposed project and expenditure of funds. Applicants will be invited to submit their applications and supporting documentation electronically to the Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, Department of Defense. In instances where, for whatever reason, an electronic application cannot be submitted, provisions may be made to accept a paper application addressed to: Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, Department of Defense, 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 520, Arlington, VA 22202-3711 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. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines 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. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Awards are based on eligibility and availability of funds. Develop economic diversification studies to lessen local economic dependency on Department of Defense and/or military installation-related expenditures; prepare contingency plans for organizing a community in response to a possible base closure or realignment; and/or produce strategies and schematic plans for the potential civilian reuse of a military installation prior to closure or realignment decision. Funds provided under this program shall not be used to directly identify or assist a business, including a business expansion, in the relocation of a plant, facility, or operation from one Labor Market Area (LMA) to another if the relocation is likely to result in the loss of jobs in the LMA from which the relocation occurs. Funds shall not be used to directly or indirectly inform and/or influence deliberations under Public Law 101-510, as amended, or subsequent Base Closure and Realignment laws, of the Department of Defense (including any of its components). In considering military installations for closure or realignment, the Secretary of Defense may not take into account for any purpose any advance planning undertaken by an affected community with respect to the anticipated closure or realignment of a military installation. Performance Reports: Performance monitoring is also required, and the frequency of the monitoring will be identified in the "Terms and Conditions" of the award. Standard Federal audit requirements apply, as appropriate to the type of recipient. These audits are due to the cognizant Federal agency, submitted through the Federal Audit Clearinghouse, not later than 9 months after the end of the Grantee's fiscal year. Grant records shall be retained for a period of 3 years from the day the recipient submits its final expenditure report. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving the records has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the records must be retained until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular 3-year period, whichever is later. Grant records include financial and program/progress reports, support documents, statistical records, and other documents that support the activity and/or expenditure of the recipient or subrecipient under the award. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is voluntary. 10%. A minimum of ten percent of the project's total proposed funding is to be comprised of non-Federal sources. Matching may be waived by the Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, in extreme circumstances.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Length of assistance may extend across more than one period and will be determined on the basis of project need and requirements. Project periods should not exceed one year. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Funds are disbursed quarterly or as required. Funds are disbursed quarterly or as required. Department of Defense, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, Western Regional Office Director, 1325 J Street, Suite 1500, Sacramento, CA 95814, Phone: (916) 557-7365 Karen E. Bass-McFadden
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 520
Arlington, VA 22202-3711 US
karen.e.bass-mcfadden.civ@mail.mil
Phone: (703) 697-2161 https://oldcc.gov/grant-management-administration 97-0100-1-7-051 (Project Grants) FY 22$401,659.00; FY 23 est $1,184,452.00; FY 24 est $500,000.00; FY 21$455,828.00; FY 20$0.00; FY 19$3,087,127.00; FY 18$4,734,728.00; FY 17 Estimate Not Available FY 16 est $3,744,937.00; FY 15 est $8,230,150.00; - $1,000,000 The Recipient, and any subrecipient or consultant/contractor, operating under the terms of a grant or cooperative agreement shall comply with all Federal, State, and local laws including the following, where applicable: Part 1103 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), "Interim Grants and Cooperative Agreements Implementation of Guidance in 2 CFR Part 200, "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards;" Part 28 of title 32, CFR, "New Restrictions on Lobbying;" Part 1125 of title 2, CFR, "Department of Defense Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension," Subpart B, "Requirements for Recipients Other Than Individuals," of Part 26 of title 32, CFR, "Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Financial Assistance);" and Part 25 of title 2, CFR, "Universal Identifier and Central Contractor Registration." Fiscal Year 2015 States and local governments intend to use financial assistance for defense industry supply chain mapping, export training for defense-oriented manufacturing firms, as well as asset inventories of programs and organizations which can assist defense dependent regions in the event of reduced Defense procurement. Will support States in providing technical assistance to existing small and medium-size business seeking to diversify their customer base as well as local governments in conducting strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat analyses for their functional economic area. States and local governments intend to use financial assistance for defense industry supply chain mapping, export training for defense-oriented manufacturing firms, as well as asset inventories of programs and organizations which can assist defense dependent regions in the event of reduced Defense procurement. Will support States in providing technical assistance to existing small and medium-size business seeking to diversify their customer base as well as local governments in conducting strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat analyses for their functional economic area.
Fiscal Year 2016 States and local governments used financial assistance under this program for defense industry supply chain mapping, export training for defense-oriented manufacturing firms, as well as asset inventories of programs and organizations which can assist defense dependent regions in the event of reduced Defense procurement. One jurisdiction used program funding to support technology commercialization efforts for technologies specific to the defense sector. All grantees funded this year also undertook some type of strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat analyses (SWOT) for their functional economic area.
Fiscal Year 2018 Previously funded projects include a project to develop a strategy to create an additive manufacturing cluster which would serve the dual purpose of creating jobs locally, while providing a local capability for on-demand parts manufacturing to support a local Air Force base. A project to assist a local community college to achieve certification of its cybersecurity program by the National Institute for Standards and Technology in order to help build up local cybersecurity expertise to satisfy the high demand for these professionals on local military installations and regional defense manufacturers.
Fiscal Year 2021 Financial support for operational costs and consultants enables an entity of regional government to develop an economic diversification plan and workforce retention strategy to prepare for the conclusion of a chemical demilitarization mission in 2023 that will cause significant job loss in the area.
Fiscal Year 2022 Financial support for operational costs and consultants enabled a Local Redevelopment Authority to initiate the process to develop an economic diversification plan, a facility reuse plan, and a workforce retention strategy to prepare for the conclusion of a chemical demilitarization mission in 2023 that will cause significant job loss in the area.
Fiscal Year 2023 A proposed project will enable a regional governmental entity to assess and coordinate community efforts related to the workforce transition during the conclusion of a chemical demilitarization mission in 2023 that will cause significant job loss in the area.