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Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation (12.003)

Also known as Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Military Installation Resilience

Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation (Assistance Listing 12.003) is run by the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, part of the Department of Defense. It awarded $57.3 million in 84 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $682,096 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $517,298. Half of the 84 awards fell between $399,618 and $909,667, and they ranged from $34,393 to $2.4 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

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.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

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).

What the money can and cannot pay for

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.

Continue reading on SAM.gov

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. 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.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Deadlines do not apply

Award range and average, in the agency's words

$50,000 - $500,000

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: Projects enable feasibility and design studies to address military installations resilience concerns and ensure the continuity of Department of War and installation mission capabilities. Projects support the Secretary of War’s priorities by ensuring the readiness and lethality of installations.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation (12.003) awarded$57.3 million across 84 grant awards, an average of $682,096 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Governors Office of Planning & ResearchCalifornia2$2.9 million
University of HawaiiHawaii1$2.4 million
Northern Virginia Regional CommissionVirginia2$2.4 million
University of HawaiiHawaii1$2.3 million
City of FairfieldCalifornia2$2.2 million
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council IncFlorida2$2.2 million
Pikes Peak Area Council of GovernmentsColorado2$1.7 million
County of OnslowNorth Carolina1$1.6 million
City of RidgecrestCalifornia2$1.6 million
Flint Hills Regional Council, Inc.Kansas1$1.3 million
West Florida Regional Planning CouncilFlorida1$1.3 million
Alamo Area Council of GovernmentsTexas1$1.3 million
City of CocoaFlorida1$1.2 million
City & County of HonoluluHawaii1$1.1 million
South Florida Regional Planning CouncilFlorida1$1.0 million
El Paso Water Utilities Public Service BoardTexas1$1.0 million
Northeast Florida Regional CouncilFlorida1$1.0 million
Southern Indiana Development CommissionIndiana2$980,031
Macomb CountyMichigan1$963,628
Department of CommerceMaryland1$957,541

Top states: California ($10.3 million), Florida ($9.6 million), Hawaii ($5.9 million), Texas ($4.7 million), Virginia ($4.0 million), Maryland ($3.4 million), Indiana ($2.5 million), Colorado ($2.4 million), North Carolina ($2.0 million), Kansas ($1.3 million).

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 82% of the money, colleges and universities 9.8% and nonprofits 7.8%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments74$47.2 million82%
Colleges and universities3$5.6 million9.8%
Nonprofits7$4.5 million7.8%

By state

11 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
California13$10.3 million
Florida13$9.6 million
Hawaii3$5.9 million
Texas6$4.7 million
Virginia7$4.0 million
Maryland6$3.4 million
Indiana5$2.5 million
Colorado3$2.4 million
North Carolina2$2.0 million
Kansas1$1.3 million
New York4$1.3 million
Michigan1$963,628
Georgia1$901,694
District of Columbia1$838,206
Arkansas2$818,100
Montana2$719,170
North Dakota2$690,368
Rhode Island2$655,355
Connecticut1$615,326
Kentucky1$528,711
Missouri1$513,770
Oklahoma1$493,591
New Mexico1$472,496
Tennessee1$449,990
Mississippi1$400,000
South Carolina1$386,173
Illinois1$313,994
Idaho1$111,082

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.