Helping Left-Behind Communities Make a Comeback

This executive order directs a whole-of-government approach to place-based economic development in "covered communities", including economically distressed regions, Community Disaster Resiliency Zones, and certain rural and Tribal areas. The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, must coordinate federal investments across twelve implementing agencies and, within 1 year, improve community engagement, develop an interagency technical assistance network, and identify overlapping program geographies. Implementing agencies are directed to include preferences for covered communities in funding opportunities, assist grant applicants in distressed regions, consider signing a memorandum of agreement within 1 year to share information across programs, and support long-term economic development in disaster-affected regions.

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