Grants
Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Program*
The Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Program (DEAAG) is a job creation grant program designed to assist adversely impacted defense communities that are responding to or recovering from a U.S. Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action, or reductions or termination of defense contracts. The goal of the program is to increase and/or retain employment opportunities for dislocated defense workers and residents of such communities and reuse vacated property as efficiently as possible. The goal is to also assist positively affected defense communities that receive new or expanded military missions as a result of the BRAC action.
Benefit
- Grants awarded may range from $50,000 to $2 million per project.
- Funding is available to meet matching requirements for federal funding or for the purchase of Department of Defense property, new construction, rehabilitation of facilities or infrastructure, or purchase of capital equipment or insurance.
- Funding for negatively affected communities can be used for the purchase of Department of Defense property, new construction or rehabilitation of facilities in support of job creating projects and opportunities.
- Funding for positively affected communities can be used for infrastructure projects directly supporting the new military mission.
- Funding can be awarded to public junior colleges or the Texas State Technical College System for the purchase or leasing of capital equipment for the purpose of (re)training displaced defense workers.
Eligibility
DEAAG funding is available to local municipalities, counties, defense base development authorities, junior college districts, Texas State Technical College campuses, and regional planning commissions representing these communities.
Specific eligibility requirements can be found in the Texas Administrative Code and Rules to the Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Program.
Administration
The Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant Program is administered by the Texas Military Preparedness Commission.
Contact: tmpc@governor.state.tx.us.
*No funding has been appropriated for the 2012-2013 biennium.
