United States Congressman Henry Cuellar - Representing the 28th District of Texas

Department of Commerce:  National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation:
Information Dissemination Project and Business Incubator Research Project

EDA oversees three technical assistance programs (National, Local and University Center) that promote economic development and alleviate unemployment, underemployment, and out-migration in distressed regions. These programs provide funds to: (1) invest in institutions of higher education to establish and operate University Centers to provide technical assistance to public and private sector organizations with the goal of enhancing local economic development; (2) support innovative approaches to stimulate economic development in distressed regions; (3) disseminate information and studies of economic development issues of national significance; and (4) finance feasibility studies and other projects leading to local economic development. These programs aid the long-range economic development of regions with severe unemployment and low per capita income.
- Deadline October 1, 2008. CFDA # 11.303
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