Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation

Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Military Installation Resilience
CFDA 12.003 Active Grant
No open Grants.gov opportunities under this program right now. Browse all Department of Defense programs →

Program Funding

Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.

Latest annual funding (estimated)
$15M FY2026
$20M
FY24
$14.7M
FY25
$15M
FY26*
* estimated

Funded Projects

Examples of what this program has supported.

FY2025 A $947k federal award enables McMullen County, Texas, and its partners to plan and design 12 miles of improvements along an unimproved, rural road, which is the single access route to the McMullen Range and the Relocatable Over the Horizon Radar site. This effort supports the Secretary of War’s priority of reestablishing deterrence by enhancing detection and surveillance capabilities along the southern border and strengthens mission readiness and lethality at Naval Air Station Kingsville.

Program Objective

Provide assistance to states and communities to work with nearby installations to plan and design critical infrastructure and address other threats to the local missions that emanate off-post, maintaining or enhancing the readiness and lethality of Department of War military installations.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants

  • Interstate Organization
  • Local
  • State
  • Local Government Consortium

Interstate, Intrastate, State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals).

How to Apply

Award Procedure

Applications are reviewed by Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation staff. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation may consult with other Federal agencies as necessary in consideration of an application. Any issues or concerns noted in the application may be negotiated with the applicant prior to the application being accepted as final by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. Awards by the Director, Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, will be made on the basis of an approved final application.

Decision Timeline

  • Approval: From 1 to 15 days

To the extent practicable, the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will inform an applicant of approval within seven business days of the receipt of a final, completed application for planning assistance, and thirty business days of the receipt of a final, completed application for other types of assistance to carry out community adjustments or economic diversification programs. The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation will promptly inform an applicant of the rejection of any application once its due diligence has been completed.

Program details & compliance

Description

Per statute, enable states and communities to work with nearby installations to plan and design critical infrastructure and address other threats to the local missions that emanate off-post, maintaining or enhancing the readiness and lethality of Department of War military installations.

Mission Categories

Primary: Civil Defense

Use of Funds

Allowed Uses

Designations

Community Development (includes Federal surplus property)

Planning Community Development Responses to threats to a local military installation and its lethality caused by a vulnerability or lack of necessary resources outside the military installation which can adversely affect the military installation and its operations supporting the National Defense Strategy. The State and/or local government partners with the military installation to plan and carry out strategies promoting protection of critical resources adjacent to installations, ranges, and military flight corridors which are vital to the mission and lethality of the installation. A review may include a strategic plan with specific implementation actions to ensure local civilian activities are compatible with, and supportive of, vital training, testing, and lethality of other military missions. The following activities are not allowable: Construction; Demolition; Land Acquisition; International travel; Substitute for or otherwise undertake any activity that would otherwise be undertaken by the Military Departments with military construction or Defense-wide appropriated funding. Proposed activities for grants under this program should not duplicate nor replicate activities otherwise eligible for or funded through other Federal programs. Proposed activities for grants under this program will complement or supplement any on-going planning efforts.

Required Documentation

Applicants will be required to provide documentation consistent with the authority under which the assistance is being sought. Applicants must document their intent to work with the Military Department, Federal, State, and local officials, residents, businesses, and landowners to cooperatively participate in the development and implementation of a strategic plan and specific implementation measures to protect community resources critical to enhance military installation resilience to maintain, improve, or rapidly reestablish installation mission assurance and mission-essential functions of the military installation. Applicants also must show evidence that the proposed planning process and implementation measures will further protect community resources necessary to ensure military installation resilience.

Matching Requirements

Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.
Matching Requirements: Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing. Percent: Other, a minimum of ten percent (10%) of the project's total proposed funding is to be comprised of non-Federal sources. Maintenance of Effort requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Reporting & Compliance

Audit Required
Yes — Determined at Time of Award
Records Retention
3 years

Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts

  • Subpart B — General Provisions
  • Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
  • Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
  • Subpart E — Cost Principles
  • Subpart F — Audit Requirements

Contacts

Karen E. Bass-McFadden
703-697-2161
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 520, Arlington, VA 22202
Data from SAM.gov Federal Assistance Listings. Source published: 2026-01-30. Spec v2.0. Last synced: 2026-05-29 05:39:09.