Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding Availability for SEDAP

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 26, 2024

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Arlicia Jordan

601-660-1218

ajordan@dra.gov

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding Availability for States’ Economic Development Assistance Program

Approximately $17 million in funding is available to address basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, as well as workforce and business development needs for communities across the Delta region

Clarksdale, MS – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has announced funding availability for the States’ Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP), which supports economic and community development needs throughout the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions.

Approximately $17 million is available to address basic public and transportation infrastructure, as well as workforce and business development needs for communities within the DRA region. Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden—a key part of his Investing in America agenda to grow local economies from the middle out and bottom up and to create more resilient and healthier communities across the country.

“The States’ Economic Development Assistance Program is one of DRA’s most diverse tools to help strengthen economic development and address the underlying challenges that impact our region, including in some of the most persistently impoverished areas of the United States,” said Federal Co-Chairman, Dr. Corey Wiggins. “These investments will help address these challenges and build safer, connected and more resilient communities across DRA’s footprint.”

For more information about SEDAP funding availability, please visit www.dra.gov. For questions about SEDAP or DRA’s other critical infrastructure programs, please email sedap.cif@dra.gov.

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About the Delta Regional Authority

The DRA was established in 2000 as a formal framework for joint federal-state collaboration to promote and encourage the economic development of the lower Mississippi River and Alabama Black Belt regions. To fulfill this purpose, DRA invests in projects supporting transportation infrastructure, basic public infrastructure, workforce training, and business development. DRA’s region encompasses 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.