Opportunity Information: Apply for EDA HDQ TAAF 2016 2004559
The FY 2015-2016 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) Program funding opportunity is a discretionary grant competition run by the U.S. Department of Commerce through the Economic Development Administration (EDA), authorized under the Trade Act of 1974 (as amended). The core purpose of the program is to help U.S. companies that have been harmed by rising import competition regain their footing and become more competitive. In this context, an import-impacted firm generally means a business that can show it lost domestic sales and employment because of increased imports of similar goods or services. Rather than providing direct cash assistance to companies, TAAF delivers cost-shared technical assistance designed to support recovery and modernization efforts.
EDA delivers TAAF services through a national network of Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers (TAACs). This opportunity is specifically seeking organizations that can operate as TAACs, meaning the applicants are not individual firms seeking help, but institutions that will serve as regional technical assistance providers. The role of a TAAC is both front-end and hands-on: first, helping eligible firms prepare petitions to be certified for TAAF assistance, and then supporting those certified firms in developing and carrying out adjustment proposals, essentially structured business recovery or competitiveness plans. These adjustment proposals can cover practical improvement strategies such as operations changes, market expansion, product redesign, financial restructuring planning, or other competitiveness upgrades, with the TAAC serving as the technical guide and program administrator for the firm-facing work.
A major theme of the competition is program improvement. EDA states that it wants to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of TAAF by strengthening performance measurement, lowering administrative costs, and redesigning how service territories are organized. In particular, EDA indicates it is aiming for a closer alignment between TAAC geographic coverage areas and the service territories of EDA's six regional offices, along with a more equitable distribution of services across all U.S. states and territories. Applicants are directed to pay close attention to Appendix B (TAAF Eligibility and Program Requirements for TAACs), which lays out the operational, administrative, and compliance expectations for running a TAAC, including how petitions and adjustment proposals are handled and how program requirements are implemented in day-to-day service delivery.
The expected funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal agency anticipates substantial involvement in the project compared with a standard grant. The program is listed under CFDA 11.313 and categorized under Business and Commerce. EDA anticipated funding up to 11 TAAC awards through this competition, with each award supporting a period of performance of up to five years. The stated award ceiling is $1,500,000, and the opportunity originally closed on November 24, 2015 (with a creation date of September 25, 2015).
Eligibility is limited to organizations that can legally operate a TAAC under the Trade Act. Eligible applicant types include universities and affiliated organizations, state and local governments, and nonprofit organizations. The posted eligibility list further includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status, and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status. Importantly, the statute does not allow EDA to award these grants to individuals or for-profit entities, so applications from those types of applicants are not considered. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a competition to select regional operators for the TAAF delivery system, with the expectation that awardees will build or maintain strong pipelines of eligible firms, deliver high-quality and measurable technical assistance, and manage the program efficiently across defined geographic service areas.Apply for EDA HDQ TAAF 2016 2004559
- The Department of Commerce in the business and commerce sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2015-2016 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.313.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-11-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 11 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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