Program information

Popular name

Economic Adjustment Assistance

Assistance listing number

11.307

Agency

Department of Commerce

Sub-agency

Economic Development Administration

Categories & sub-categories

  • Business and Commerce - Economic Injury and Natural Disaster
  • Community Development - Construction, Renewal and Operations
  • Community Development - Historical Preservation
  • Community Development - Planning and Research
  • Community Development - Technical Assistance and Services
  • Employment, Labor, and Training - Planning, Research, and Demonstration
  • Natural Resources - Community Water Supply Services
  • Natural Resources - Water Conservation and Research
  • Regional Development - Economic Development
  • Regional Development - Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Facilities Construction
  • Regional Development - Planning and Technical Assistance
  • Transportation - Rail Transportation

Assistance types

  • Project Grants

Eligible applicants

  • Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments
  • Interstate
  • Intrastate
  • Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
  • Quasi-public nonprofit institution/organization
  • State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
  • U.S. Territories and possessions

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Interstate
  • Local
  • Major Metropolis (over 250,000)
  • Other Urban
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Rural
  • Suburban
  • U.S. Territories

Awards & recipients

View this program's awards and recipients at USASpending.gov

Assistance listing

View this program's assistance listing at SAM.gov

Grant opportunities

View this program's available grant opportunities at Grants.gov

Program objective

The EAA program provides a wide range of technical, planning, and public works and infrastructure assistance in regions experiencing adverse economic changes that may occur suddenly or over time. These adverse economic impacts may result from a steep decline in manufacturing employment following a plant closure, changing trade patterns, catastrophic natural disasters, a military base closure, or environmental changes and regulations.

Program obligations, by FY (2022 - 2024)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov or USASpending.gov.

“SAM.gov actual” displays actual obligations for the fiscal year, as reported by the agency to SAM.gov after the fiscal year concludes.

“SAM.gov estimate” displays estimated obligations for the fiscal year, as reported by the agency to SAM.gov before the fiscal year concludes.

“USAspending.gov obligations” displays the total obligations submitted by the agency to USAspending, linked to the assistance listing through its assistance listing number. USAspending.gov is the official source of Federal spending information, displaying actual obligations made by agencies as they are committed. Annual obligations reported to SAM.gov may be inconsistent with annual obligations reported to USASpending.gov. More information can be found on the “About the data” page.

Please note that SAM.gov does not provide agencies with detailed guidance on how to report loan, loan guarentee, or insurance obligations. These figures may not be comparable arocess programs or consistent with USASpending.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the “About the data” page.

Authorizing statutes

  • Sections 209 and 703 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 3121 et seq.) (PWEDA).