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Chicago FY 2021 – FY 2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Grant

This EDA program supports economic-development planning and local technical-assistance activities intended to build capacity, guide regional prosperity and resiliency, foster job creation, and attract private investment in economically distressed U.S. areas. Eligible applicants include specified governments, Tribes, higher-education institutions, District Organizations, and qualifying nonprofits. The supplied record confirms cost share and an award ceiling of $300,000, but omits a deadline, cost-share terms, and formal review criteria. Because the record includes legacy Grants.gov materials alongside an April 2023 notice directing submissions to EDA’s EDGE system, applicants should verify that the opportunity remains open and obtain the applicable current NOFO instructions before investing in an application.

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Potential award

$0–$300,000

Time remaining

Rolling or unknown

Application load

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Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification), Education

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Plain-English explanation

This EDA program supports economic-development planning and local technical-assistance activities intended to build capacity, guide regional prosperity and resiliency, foster job creation, and attract private investment in economically distressed U.S. areas. Eligible applicants include specified governments, Tribes, higher-education institutions, District Organizations, and qualifying nonprofits. The supplied record confirms cost share and an award ceiling of $300,000, but omits a deadline, cost-share terms, and formal review criteria. Because the record includes legacy Grants.gov materials alongside an April 2023 notice directing submissions to EDA’s EDGE system, applicants should verify that the opportunity remains open and obtain the applicable current NOFO instructions before investing in an application.

Editorial analysis

What the funder is trying to accomplish

EDA makes planning and local technical-assistance investments to support economic development, job creation, private investment, and capacity in economically distressed areas. Planning awards support regional economic development plans, including CEDS work for designated District Organizations and Indian Tribes; Local Technical Assistance supports effective economic-development programs through activities such as feasibility studies, impact analyses, disaster-resiliency plans, and project planning.

Editorial analysis

Strong-fit project signals

The applicant fits an expressly eligible entity category, including a government, federally recognized Tribe, institution of higher education, eligible nonprofit, District Organization, or eligible consortium. The work squarely fits Partnership Planning, Short-Term Planning, State Planning, or Local Technical Assistance as described by EDA. The project will produce a concrete planning-related output, such as CEDS development, implementation, revision, or replacement; a feasibility study; impact analysis; disaster-resiliency plan; or project-planning product. The narrative credibly connects the work to economic development, jobs, private investment, regional prosperity, resiliency, or organizational capacity in an economically distressed area. The applicant can document a viable source of the required cost share and scope the request within the stated $300,000 award ceiling.

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What reviewers may prioritize

The supplied evidence contains no formal review criteria or scoring rubric. Inferred narrative priorities are a clearly eligible applicant, a defined economically distressed-area economic-development need, a program-appropriate planning or technical-assistance scope, specific outputs, and a credible connection between those outputs and economic development, jobs, private investment, capacity, or resiliency. Cost-share readiness is also relevant because cost share is required.

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What this grant funds

UPDATED NOTICE - PLEASE READ: April 6, 2023

EDA is excited to announce the launch of its new grants management platform: the Economic Development Grants Experience (EDGE). EDGE was developed to streamline the application and grants management process by implementing a single platform with increased transparency, improved user experience, higher data quality, and more efficiency throughout the entire grant lifecycle.

As of April 6th, 2023, applications can no longer be submitted on Grants.gov, and will ONLY be accepted through EDGE. To apply in EDGE, please go to: sfgrants.eda.gov . More information on how to apply is provided in the full NOFO.

PARTNERSHIP PLANNING program instructions: Please note that applicants will be invited to submit applications through EDGE for the Partnership Planning program. For more information, please reach out to your EDA point of contact.

Program Description:

EDA makes planning and local technical assistance investments to support economic development, foster job creation, and attract private investment in economically distressed areas of the United States.

Under the Planning program, EDA makes Partnership Planning, Short-Term Planning, and State Planning awards to eligible recipients to create and implement regional economic development plans designed to build capacity and guide the economic prosperity and resiliency of an area or region. More specifically, EDA makes Partnership Planning investments to designated planning organizations (i.e., District Organizations) serving EDA-designated Economic Development Districts and to Indian Tribes to facilitate the development, implementation, revision, or replacement of Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS), which articulate and prioritize the strategic economic goals of recipients’ respective regions. EDA also makes Short-Term and State Planning awards for economic development planning activities that guide the eventual creation and retention of high-quality jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the Nation’s most economically distressed regions.

Under the Local Technical Assistance program, EDA makes awards to strengthen the capacity of local or State organizations, institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities to undertake and promote effective economic development programs through projects such as feasibility studies, impact analyses, disaster resiliency plans, and project planning.

**Please note: While the published Notice of Funding Opportunity (available under "Related Documents") states that the ED900A form and the SF424B form are both required for a complete application, these forms are no longer required and have therefore been removed from the package template.

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Decision economics

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Award range
$0–$300,000
Total program funding
Not specified
Expected awards
Not specified
Geography
National
Cost share
Required
Assistance listing
Not specified

Mission alignment

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Geographic fit

National

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Working plan

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The generated milestones are planning aids. Only the official notice establishes required dates.

Requirements captured

Other requirements
Pursuant to section 3 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. § 3122) (PWEDA) and EDA’s regulation at 13 C.F.R. § 300.3, the following types of entities are eligible to receive funding assistance from EDA: 1. District Organizations (as defined in 13 C.F.R. § 300.3); 2. Indian Tribes or a consortium of Indian Tribes; 3. States, cities, or other political subdivisions of a State, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; 4. Institutions of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or 5. Public or private non-profit organizations or associations acting in cooperation with officials of a political subdivision of a State.
Submission system
Grants.gov
Attachments
https://www.eda.gov/funding/funding-opportunities, FY21-23 Planning and Local Technical Assistance NOFO - 03152021, NOFO with EDGE application instructions, CD-511, ED-900 General, SF-424, SF-424A - Budget, SF-LLL
Contact
Bernadette Grafton Program Analyst · www.eda.gov/contact · 202-482-2917

Official deadline

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Verification
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Source
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Last checked
8/22/2026, 8:50:27 AM
Content updated
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Is Chicago FY 2021 – FY 2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Grant currently open?

Yes, based on the latest source record. The deadline is Not specified. Because funders can amend or extend notices, confirm the date and submission instructions on the official application page. The source was last checked 8/22/2026.

How much funding does Chicago FY 2021 – FY 2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Grant provide?

Chicago FY 2021 – FY 2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Grant lists $0–$300,000 per award. The expected number of awards has not been captured, so the award range alone should not be treated as an estimate of competitiveness.

Who can apply to Chicago FY 2021 – FY 2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Grant?

County governments; City or township governments; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education;… Applicants should still complete the eligibility quiz and verify every condition in the official notice; a general fit does not override exclusions or registration requirements.

Does Chicago FY 2021 – FY 2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Grant require matching funds?

Yes. A cost-share or matching requirement is recorded for Chicago FY 2021 – FY 2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Grant. Confirm the required percentage, eligible contribution types, documentation, and whether the commitment must be secured at submission—the current summary should not replace the official budget rules.

What should I prepare before applying to Chicago FY 2021 – FY 2023 EDA Planning and Local Technical Assistance Grant?

High effort is expected. The captured requirements include other requirements, submission system, attachments, contact. Start by confirming eligibility and registrations, then work backward from Not specified using the preparation plan above.