December 7, 2021

New Economic Development Administration Regulations Expand Grant Access and COVID Relief for Native American Communities

A recent change to the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) regulations that expands eligibility for EDA grants to certain for-profit Tribal entities will provide Native American communities greater access to EDA funds. Specifically, these entities will have access to the $3 billion in federal funding that was made available to the EDA through the American Rescue Plan Act—$100 million of which is specifically allocated for Indigenous communities, “to prevent, prepare for, and respond...