Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee

Responsible Staff: Jeff Hayes

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Purpose

The primary objective of planning assistance is to provide funding for administrative expenses to support the formulation and implementation of economic development planning programs and for the conduct of planning activities designed to create and retain permanent jobs and increase incomes, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the nation's most economically distressed areas.

EDA's planning assistance is for partnership planning grants with Districts, Indian Tribes and other eligible applicants, as well as for short term grants to eligible grantees.

Planning activities supported by these funds must be part of a continuous process involving the active participation of public officials and private citizens, and include the following:

Analyzing local economies
Defining Economic Development Goals
Determining Project Opportunities
Formulating and implementing an economic development program that includes systematic efforts to reduce unemployment and increase incomes.

Overview of Program

NCC annually updates and every 5 years completely revises the CEDS document. This effort is led by an approximately 30-member CEDS committee which meets every other month.

The CEDS committee’s role is to address economic problems affecting economically distressed rural and urban communities; by helping them:

Develop and strengthen their economic development planning and institutional capacity to design and implement business outreach and development programs;

Develop or expand public works and other facilities, financing tools, and resources that will create new job opportunities, save existing jobs, retain existing businesses, and support the development of new businesses;

Help communities increase their economic development capacities so that they can take advantage of existing resources and development opportunities.