[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 13, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 13CFR306.1]

[Page 496]
 
                TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE
 
CHAPTER III--ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 306--PLANNING ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 306.1  Purpose and scope.

    The primary objective of planning assistance is to provide funding 
for administrative expenses to support the formulation and 
implementation of economic development planning programs and for the 
conduct of planning activities designed to create and retain permanent 
jobs and increase incomes, particularly for the unemployed and 
underemployed in the nation's most economically distressed areas. EDA's 
planning assistance is for partnership planning grants with Districts, 
Indian Tribes and other eligible applicants, as well as for short term 
grants to eligible grantees. Planning activities supported by these 
funds must be part of a continuous process involving the active 
participation of public officials and private citizens, and include the 
following:
    (a) Analyzing local economies;
    (b) Defining economic development goals;
    (c) Determining project opportunities; and
    (d) Formulating and implementing an economic development program 
that includes systematic efforts to reduce unemployment and increase 
incomes.

[64 FR 5427, Feb. 3, 1999, as amended at 65 FR 71025, Nov. 28, 2000]