Federal Budget: Funding for Key #EconDev Programs
Federal Budget: The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress in March authorized favorable spending levels for 2018 for federal economic development programs, including:
- Economic Development Agency – 302 million for fiscal 2018; about $26 million above fiscal 2017;
- Manufacturing Extension Program – received $140 million; $10 million above fiscal 2017;
- CDBG – received roughly $3.3 billion; $365 million about fiscal 2017;
- TIGER – received $1.5 billion; $1 billion above fiscal 2017 ;
- Rural Business-Cooperative Service – received roughly $77 million; about $12 million above fiscal 2017
- Employment and Training Administration apprenticeship opportunities – received $145 million; $50 million above fiscal 2017;
- Minority Business Development Agency – received $39 million; $5 million over fiscal 2017, and
- Appalachian Regional Commission- received $155 million; $3 million over fiscal 2017.
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(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Lt. Governor Jon Husted, in his capacity as Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, today announced the launch of the Industry Sector Partnership grant program, which was funded through the state operating budget.
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