Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Defense Modernization Priorities

Assist state and local governments with conducting reviews of public infrastructure and public services necessary to support installation and/or defense industrial base readiness, identification and design of responsive improvements to public infrastructure and services, and other actions necessary to enhance the capacity of the surrounding jurisdictions to support current and future mission requirements through the modernization of essential public infrastructure and services.

States, counties, municipalities, other political subdivisions of a state; special purpose units of a state or local government; other instrumentalities of a state or local government; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; American Samoa; Guam; the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are eligible. Applicants are to contact the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation and staff will work with the applicant to determine eligibility.

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 of the basis of an approved final application.

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.