Economic Development Administration (EDA) Grants: How to Win Funding
The Economic Development Administration (EDA), a bureau within the U.S. Department of Commerce, approaches workforce and economic development through a structural, regional-competitiveness lens rather than an individual social-service framework.
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EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance: the regional strategy and job creation framing
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) funds projects that create jobs and strengthen regional economies. Frame your proposal as part of a regional economic development strategy, not as a standalone project.
The Economic Development Administration (EDA), part of the US Department of Commerce, funds projects that create jobs, attract investment, and strengthen regional economies. If your proposal is 'we will train 100 workers,' that is workforce development, not economic development, and EDA may decline it. If it is 'we will build a training center that serves as the anchor of a regional manufacturing cluster strategy,' that is economic development. The regional…
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