PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To help States, sub-state planning units, Indian Tribes and/or local governments strengthen economic development planning capability and formulate and establish comprehensive economic development, process and strategies designed to reduce unemployment and increase incomes.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE;
- Economic Development;
- Statistics;
2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;
- Indian Action Services;
3. EMPLOYMENT, LABOR, AND TRAINING;
- Job Training, Employment;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Unemployed;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Sponsored organization;
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;