Use of Economic Adjustment Assistance Investments.
13 C.F.R. § 307.3
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01Economic Adjustment Assistance Investments may be used to develop a CEDS to alleviate long-term economic deterioration or a sudden and severe economic dislocation (a “Strategy Grant”), or to fund a Project implementing such a CEDS (an “Implementation Grant”).
(a) Strategy Grants support developing, updating or refining a CEDS.
(b) Implementation Grants support the execution of activities identified in a CEDS. Specific activities may be funded as separate Investments or as multiple elements of a single Investment. Examples of Implementation Grant activities include:
(1) Infrastructure (as defined in § 301.11 of this chapter) improvements, such as site acquisition, site preparation, construction, rehabilitation and equipping of facilities;
(2) Provision of business or infrastructure financing through the capitalization of Recipient-administered Revolving Loan Funds (“RLFs”), which may include loans and interest rate buy-downs to facilitate business lending activities;
(3) Market or industry research and analysis;
(4) Technical assistance, including organizational development such as business networking, restructuring or improving the delivery of business services, or feasibility studies;
(5) Public services;
(6) Training; and
(7) Other activities justified by the CEDS that satisfy applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
Source: eCFRURL: https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2024-07-01/title-13.xmlFetched: 7/26/2026
