The Community TAA Program is designed to assist Communities impacted by trade to adjust to that impact. The Community TAA Program will be administered in accordance with the following process:
(a) Determination of eligibility.
First, EDA must make an affirmative determination that the Community is impacted by trade in accordance with § 313.4.
(b) Provision of technical assistance.
After an affirmative determination is made, EDA will provide the Impacted Community with technical assistance in accordance with § 313.5.
(c) Strategic Plan development.
An Impacted Community that intends to apply for an implementation grant in accordance with § 313.7 must develop, in accordance with § 313.6, an EDA-approved Strategic Plan.
(d) Implementation grant.
In accordance with § 313.7, EDA may award an implementation grant to assist an Impacted Community in carrying out a project or program included in a Strategic Plan.