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PUBLIC WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES PROGRAM PROGRAM GOALS Grants are provided to help distressed communities attract new industry, encourage business expansion, diversify local economies, and generate long-term, private sector jobs. PROJECT TYPES/ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS Among the types of projects funded are water and sewer facilities primarily serving industry and commerce; access roads to industrial parks or sites; port improvements; and business incubator facilitieso Proposed projects must be located within an EDA-designated Redevelopment Area (RA) or Economic Development Center. Projects in other areas of an EDA-designated Economic Development District are also eligible if they will directly benefit a RA within the District. Projects must be consistent with an approved Overall Economic Development Program (OEDP). An applicant may be a state, political subdivision of a state, Indian tribe, special-purpose unit of government, or a public or private nonprofit organization or an association representing the RA or part thereof. SELECTION CRITERIA Priority consideration shall be given to projects that: ~ improve opportunities for the successful establishment or expansion of industrial or commercial facilities; ~ a.ssist in creating or retaining private sector jobs in the near term, as well as providing additional long-tenn employment opportunities, provided the jobs are not transferred from other labor market areas; ~ benefit the long-term unemployed and members of low-income families residing in the area served by the project; ~ fulfill a pressing need of the area and can be started and completed in a timely manner; and ~ demonstrate adequate local funding, with evidence that such support is committed. FUNDING LEVELS FY 94: $160,000,000 Average FY 94 Grant: $ 986,308 FY 95: $194,800,000 Average FY 95 Grant: $1,068,655 FY 96: $165,200,000 Average FY 96 Grant: $1,049,752 APPLICATION PROCESS Eligible applicants should contact the Economic Development Representative (EDR) or other appropriate EDA regional official for the area. The EDA regional office official or EDR contact will describe the program and provide guidance on preparing a proposal for EDA I S consideration. EDA screens proposals before deciding whether to invite formal applications. Complete funding availability information appears annually in the Federal Register.