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Opportunity Information: Apply for POWER2015

• The Economic Development Administration in the employment, labor and training other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "The Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Implementation Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.307 Economic Adjustment Assistance 17.277 WIOA National Dislocated Worker Grants / WIA National Emergency Grants 23.002 Appalachian Area Development.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 11, 2015 and posted on May 11, 2015.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 10, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Special district governments City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) County governments.
• Applicants are welcome to apply to any combination of funding from EDA, ETA, SBA, and ARC (for projects located within the Appalachian Region ). Since each agency has distinct eligibility requirements, applicants with strong and diverse partnerships will be best suited to seek funding from multiple funding sources. Applicants should pay close attention to the eligible applicant portion of the funding from the different agencies since eligibility varies by program. For specific details of eligible applicants for each program please see Section III of the full opportunity available under the related documents tab. EDA applicants should apply using the application package available through this grants.gov posting. Other applicants must refer to section V.B for specific submission requirements for other participating agencies. EDA Applicants must provide third party data that clearly indicates that the relevant Region is subject to one (or more) of the following economic distress criteria (i) an unemployment rate that is, for the most recent 24 month period for which data are available, at least one percentage point greater than the national average unemployment rate (ii) per capita income that is, for the most recent period for which data are available, 80 percent or less of the national average per capita income or (iii) a Special Need, as determined by EDA. Applicants will also need to demonstrate a nexus with coal economy closures (including official announcements of future closures) for events since 2011.

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