US Dept. of Commerce Awards Grants

South Dakota Receives Economic Development Administration American Rescue Plan Funding to Support Statewide Economic Development Planning

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced in early November that South Dakota will be awarded $1 million in American Rescue Plan grants from the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). A total of $30 million will be awarded to 30 states and territories across the nation to support statewide economic development planning efforts.

The funding will assist communities nationwide in their efforts to build back better by accelerating the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and building local economies that will be resilient to future economic shocks, boost economic development, enhance U.S. competitiveness, combat the climate crisis, and recover from the pandemic.

Projects vary in scope based on locally driven needs. For example, Nebraska and Delaware are both utilizing parts of the funding for a skills-gap analysis to identify the gaps between the jobs that businesses need to fill and the trained workforce in the state, Idaho and Oregon are utilizing the funding to support broadband planning, Washington is building the first statewide innovation cluster development program to accelerate the scaling of industry in the state.

All 59 states and territories were invited to apply for a $1 million grant through EDA’s Statewide Planning program—one of six programs EDA developed to equitably distribute its $3 billion in American Rescue Plan funding. On October 24, EDA announced $24 million in initial statewide planning grant investments covering 24 states. Remaining grants will be disbursed in the coming weeks and months.

For more about EDA’s Statewide Planning grant and other American Rescue Plan programs, please visit: https://www.eda.gov/arpa/. ■

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