Economic Development Administration (EDA) Disaster Supplemental (Part A): Readiness Path (Select Areas) - FY 2025
| Agency: | U.S. Department of Commerce |
|---|---|
| CFDA: | 11.307 |
| Federal FON: | EDA-DISASTER-2025 |
| Office: | Economic Development Administration (EDA) |
| Multipart Grant: | Yes |
| Next Due: | Rolling |
|---|---|
| Solicitation Date: | 06/04/2025 |
| Match Required: | Yes |
| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | $1,447,000,000 (Estimated) |
| Award Range: | $250,000 (Min) / $500,000 (Max) |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to help communities and regions devise and implement long-term economic recovery strategies through a variety of non-construction and construction projects in areas where a presidential declaration of a major disaster was issued under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of hurricanes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024.
Applicants must articulate how an award will bolster their community's capacity to recover from economic harm due to natural disasters and improve their long-term economic outlook. Award recipients are expected to realize opportunities to recover and change the economic trajectory of the community for the better, thus setting communities on a path to exceed their previous pre-disaster baseline.
All projects must be consistent with the funding agency's economic recovery resilience priority, as detailed on pages 14-15 of the NOFA file.
Funding will be provided for the following program components:
- (Part A): Readiness Path
- (Part B): Implementation Path
- (Part C): Industry Transformation Path
The purpose of the Readiness Path component is to support standalone, non-construction projects designed to increase a community's readiness to apply for or implement disaster recovery funding from private and public sources, including future solicitation from this program. Projects will fund strategy development, capacity building, and/or predevelopment costs necessary for future recovery projects. Successful projects will increase the quality or likelihood of success of future economic development and disaster recovery projects.
Examples of eligible projects include:
- Strategy development: short-term or long-term strategic planning that enables communities to better identify and prepare for future economic development projects through early coordination and planning
- Capacity building: funding for additional capacity, including staffing capacity, to successfully develop and implement economic recovery and resilience strategies and projects, with increased capacity enabling communities to strengthen organizational structures and build a solid foundation to implement future funding and projects
- Predevelopment costs: requests for costs related to the development of future disaster recovery projects, including projects under the the program's two other components, including:
- Costs for site selection and assessment, including for projects focused on reshoring manufacturing
- Architectural and engineering plans
- Permit applications, including environmental compliance and permitting
- Market or industry research and analysis for larger economic development projects
Applicants may propose activities in more than one eligible category.
Except for projects that fall under the strategy development category, all projects must be consistent with the applicable region's current comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS).
Applicants must submit an impact and engagement narrative that clearly articulates how the proposed readiness project helps the applicant or the impacted communities become more competitive, more mature, and better prepared to receive or implement future economic and disaster recovery funding.
An optional informational webinar is expected to be scheduled for this program. Refer to the Application section for details.
Eligibility is limited to projects located in, primarily serving, or demonstrably benefiting one or more communities in areas that received a major disaster designation as a result of hurricanes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024. Refer to the Eligibility section for details.
Eligibility Notes:
Eligible applicants include:
- District organizations of economic development districts (EDDs) designated by the funding agency
- Indian tribes or consortia of tribes
- States, counties, cities, or other political subdivisions of a state, including special-purpose units of a state or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities or consortia of political subdivisions
- Institutions of higher education or consortia of institutions of higher education
- Public or private nonprofit organizations or associations acting in cooperation with officials of a political subdivision of a state
- Economic development organizations
- Public-private partnerships for public infrastructure
For the purposes of this program, an eligible state includes any state; the District of Columbia; and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Projects must be located in, primarily serve, or demonstrably benefit one or more communities in areas that received a major disaster designation as a result of hurricanes, wildfires, severe storms and flooding, tornadoes, and other natural disasters occurring in calendar years 2023 and 2024. Area eligibility will be determined pursuant to the applicable federal disaster declaration under the Stafford Act, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designation of areas as eligible for public assistance or individual assistance due to the declared disasters listed online at www.fema.gov/disaster.
Construction projects, including design and engineering projects, must be located within an eligible designated area. In general, non-construction projects must primarily benefit an eligible designated area, and stakeholders representing the county must be directly engaged in the project.
For-profit entities are not eligible to apply.
Eligible Applicants:
Local GovernmentAcademic Institutions
Consortia
Native American Tribe
Non Profits
State Government
Application Notes:
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, until the publication of a new solicitation, cancellation of this solicitation, or the distribution of all available funds. Applicants should submit applications as early as possible.
Applications must be submitted online at sfgrants.eda.gov. Applications submitted in hard copy or via fax or email will not be accepted.
Applications must include:
- SF 424
- SF 424A or SF 424C (as applicable)
- CD-511 certification regarding lobbying
- SF LLL (if applicable)
- ED-900
- Copy of relevant disaster declaration
- Budget narrative
- Indirect cost documentation
- State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) compliance documentation
- SF 424D (if applicable)
Narratives may not exceed three pages, and must be formatted on single-spaced pages with one-inch margins using 11-point font. Attachments must be submitted in text-searchable .pdf format and, where appropriate, Microsoft Excel format. Refer to pages 22-37 of the NOFA file for additional application contents information, and to pages 44-45 of the NOFA file for specific guidance regarding application narratives for this component.
The following are required in order to submit an application:
- Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
- SAM (System for Award Management) registration
- SPOC (State Single Point of Contact) notification
Applicants may obtain a UEI number and verify or renew SAM registration status at www.ecivis.com/sam. Applicants in states participating in the SPOC program must contact the relevant SPOC listed in the SPOC file before applying.
An optional informational webinar is expected to be scheduled for this program. Additional information and the recording of the webinar are expected to be posted online at www.eda.gov.
Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria, weighted equally:
- Disaster recovery and community need
- Project strategy
- Feasibility
- Performance goals and measures of success
Refer to pages 38-39 of the NOFA file for details regarding the application evaluation criteria.
Refer to the NOFA file and Application folder for additional application information.
| Match Required: | Yes |
|---|---|
| Match Type: | Cash/In-Kind |
| Actual Funds: | $1,447,000,000 (Estimated) |
| Award Range: | $250,000 (Min) / $500,000 (Max) |
|---|
Match Notes:
In general, applicants must provide at least 20 percent of the approved project cost via cash and/or in-kind contributions; however, the funding agency may require a greater matching share from certain applicants.
The required match may be completely waived on a case-by-case basis for applicants that exhausted their effective taxing or borrowing capacity or meet other thresholds for elevated need. In addition, the required match may be waived for Indian tribe applicants.
For this component, in addition to the required match, applicants are encouraged to secure investment and policy commitments to support and catalyze their proposed project outcomes. Applicants are not limited to securing financial commitments, but should think creatively about other types of public- and private-sector contributions, such as tax benefits.
Refer to pages 54-55 of the NOFA file for additional match information.
Funding Notes:
An estimated $1,447,000,000 is available through this program overall, with an unspecified amount of funding available to support grants or cooperative agreements expected to range from $250,000 to $500,000 through this component. Most awards are expected to be in the form of grants.
Generally, projects receiving funding via this program overall will have project periods of 12 to 48 months; however, projects under this component may have substantially shorter durations, depending on applicant needs. Non-construction awards supported by this program overall are expected to span 12 to 18 months, and construction projects are expected to span 12 to 48 months. Extensions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
In general, funds may not be used for pre-award costs, unless these costs are approved by the funding agency in writing.
In general, funds may not be used for projects:
- That are primarily residential in nature, such as housing projects
- To create community amenities, such as swimming pools, zoos, and recreational centers
- That support casinos or gaming
- That support general governmental functions
Funds may not be used for:
- Supplementing operating budgets or replace lost revenue, including lost tax revenue
- Application preparation expenditures
- Profit or management fees in excess of costs, unless statutorily authorized
- Replacing existing funding
- Making equity or hybrid investments in businesses
Contacts:
(See Contact Notes)
Agency Address
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration (EDA)
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Suite 71014
Washington, D.C. 20230
Contact Notes:
Questions should be directed to the appropriate state economic development representative listed online at www.eda.gov.
Applications must be submitted online at sfgrants.eda.gov.
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
Files:
NOFA File: US15788A_NOFA_FY2025.pdf (858.4 Kb)Application File: US15788A_Application_FY2025.zip (581.8 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US15788A_FactSheet_FY2025.pdf (304.1 Kb)
Award File: US15788A_Award_FY2025.xlsx (141.7 Kb)
Federal Forms:
CD 511 (130.2 Kb)SF 424A (131.6 Kb)
SF 424C (1.7 Mb)
SF 424D (64.9 Kb)
SPOC (67.7 Kb)
SF 424 (144.4 Kb)
SF LLL (98.7 Kb)
File Notes:
The NOFA file contains the full solicitation for this program. The Application folder contains required forms for submission. The FactSheet file contains general program information. The Award file contains information on previous award recipients. The required federal forms are attached. The SPOC file contains information on the state Single Point of Contact program. Additional program resources can be found online at www.eda.gov.
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