Assistance program
Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Realignment or Closure of a Military Installation
$75.5 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, Dept of Defense
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 12.607
- What it does
- Assist States and local governments to: plan and carry out adjustment strategies; engage the private sector in order to plan and undertake community economic development and base redevelopment; and, partner with the Military Departments in response to the proposed or actual expansion, establishment, realignment or closure of a military installation by the Department of Defense (DoD).
- Who benefits
- States and communities, including workers, businesses, and other community interests that are affected by Department of Defense base closures and realignments.
- Who applies
- Applicants for this assistance are to contact the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation and a Project Manager will be assigned to work with the applicant to determine eligibility for assistance under this program. States, counties, municipalities, other political subdivisions of a State, special purpose units of a State or local government, and tribal nations are eligible for this assistance if there is a proposed or actual realignment or closure of a military installation that is likely to have a direct and significant adverse consequence on the affected community. In the case of the establishment or expansion of a military installation, assistance may be made only if community impact assistance is not otherwise available and if the establishment or expansion involves the assignment to the installation of: (1) more than 2,000 military, civilian, and contractor Department of Defense personnel or (2) more military, civilian, and contractor DoD personnel than the number equal to ten percent of the number of persons employed in counties or municipalities within fifteen miles of the installation, whichever is lesser. Where multiple jurisdictions may be affected, one program of assistance will be available and the affected jurisdictions will need to combine their efforts into one responsive program.
- Authorized by
- 10 U.S.C. 2391; Section 204 of Public Law 100-526, “Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1988,†as amended; and Section 2905 of Public Law 101-510, “Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990,†as amended.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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