Economic Development Administration · Economic Development
Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA)
Flexible funding to help communities respond to and recover from sudden or chronic economic distress. Funds planning, technical assistance, infrastructure, revolving loan funds, and recovery strategies.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $100K – $10M
- Non-federal match
- 20% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Continuous intake; rolling review.
- Typical prep time
- 8–16 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Often paired with disaster supplementals. Match may be reduced for distressed areas. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.