[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 13, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 13CFR308.2] [Page 563-564] TITLE 13--BUSINESS CREDIT AND ASSISTANCE CHAPTER III--ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 308--REQUIREMENTS FOR ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT GRANTS--Table of Contents Subpart A--General Sec. 308.2 Criteria. (a) A grant may be made under this part only when the project will help the area to meet a special need arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment or economic adjustment problems resulting from severe changes in economic conditions; and the area for which a project is to be carried out has a strategy and the project is consistent with the strategy, except that [[Page 564]] the strategy requirement shall not apply to planning projects. (b) The term ``special need'' in paragraph (a) of this section means conditions of unemployment, per capita income, or special need that qualify an area for eligibility under Sec. 301.2(b). (c) Additional criteria, and/or priority consideration factors for assistance, may be set forth in a NOFA.