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Included within the $3 billion American Rescue Plan Act funding package, the EDA has created the Statewide Planning, Research, and Networks program. The $90 million allocated for this program has been divided into two separate sections aimed at building regional economies for the future.

EDA hosted a webinar on its Economic Adjustment Assistance program to provide a better understanding of the program’s details. Of the six EDA American Rescue Plan Act funding programs, the Economic Adjustment Assistance program is the most flexible and can fund the widest range of economic development projects.

As part of its $3 billion American Rescue Plan Act funding, EDA has allocated $750 million to the Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation program which aims to assist communities that have suffered economic injury because of job losses in the travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation sectors.

As a part of EDA’s webinar series on the new Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Coal Communities Commitment webinar focused on funding for communities affected by the coal downturn.